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AUTHORITY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 



WILLIAM BLANCB01S, P. G. C. 




PHILADELPHIA: 

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS JOURNAL PRINT. 

1872. 



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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by 

WILLIAM BLANCBOIS, 
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



OFFICE OF THE 

mT<m& Recording and Corresponding ^cribc 
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS OF PENNA. 

Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1872. 
William A. M. Love, Esq., 

Chairman of the Committee on Law : 
Sir and Brother : 

At the semi-annual session of the Grand Lodge of 
the Knights of Pythias of Pennsylvania, held July 25, 
1872, at Wilkesbarre, the following among other pro- 
ceedings were had, to wit : 

Whereas, The Committee on Law have reported to 
this Grand Lodge that Past Grand Chancellor Wil- 
liam Blancbois has prepared a compilation and classi- 
fication of the Decisions made by this Grand Lodge, 
and have recommended that he publish the same in 
book form : 

Resolved, That Past Grand Chancellor William 
Blancbois be requested to submit his said compilation 
to the Committee on Law, and that said Committee 
be requested to examine and compare the same, and 
finding the same correct, thereupon to authenticate 
the same with their signature, after which Past Grand 
Chancellor William Blancbois is requested to publish 



IV RESOLUTION. 

the same, in book form, for sale among the brother- 
hood, and with the sanction of this Grand Lodge. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand 
and affixed the seal of the Grand Lodge, year and 
date as above written. 

Fraternally yours, 
[seal.] GEORGE HAWKES, 

Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe. 



GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA, K. OF P. 



OFFICE OF THE 

n, ^airman of -rtommiitet on Jam and Hupercision. 

Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 1872. 
By request of the Grand Lodge of the State of Penn- 
sylvania, and in accordance with the foregoing resolu- 
tion, the Committee on Law and Supervision have 
examined and compared the compilation of Decisions 
herein contained, and find them to be correct. 

WILLIAM A. M. LOVE, No. 22, 
JAMES L. POYNTON, No. 11, 
DAVID W. WILSON, No. 18, 
JOHN B. MERRITT, No. 25, 
HERMAN HER OLD, No. 133, 

Committee on Law and Supervision. 



TO THE KNIGHTHOOD AT LARGE. 



In pursuance of a resolution passed by the Grand 
Lodge of Pennsylvania, at the semi-annual session, 
held at Wilkesbarre, July 25, 1872, the undersigned 
submitted the following Digest to the Committee on 
Law for inspection. At the earnest solicitation of 
many members of the Order from different jurisdic- 
tions, and of the Committee on Law of the Grand 
Lodge of Pennsylvania, this little work has been com- 
piled, with great care. It comprises all the decisions 
(not repealed) of the different Grand Chancellors of 
Pennsylvania; those made by the Committees on 
Law, and indorsed by the Grand Lodge; and the dif- 
ferent resolutions passed by the Grand Lodge ; also, 
the Constitution of Subordinate Lodges, and the Con- 
stitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, and se- 
lections from Cushing's Manual, as well as other use- 
ful information to the membership. 

The Committee on Law having approved of the 
work, it is respectfully dedicated to the brotherhood, 
by the compiler, with the hope that it may be of some 
assistance to officers of Lodges and others. 

Fraternally, in F., C. and B., 

WILLIAM BLANCBOIS. 

Philadelphia, September 25, 1872. 



DIGEST OE THE LAWS 

OF THE 

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS 

OF THE 

STATE OP PENNSYLVANIA. 



ABSENCE. 

1. Absence from the regular stated meetings', 
of the Lodge for not less than three consecutive^ 
evenings or sessions, without lawful excuse, for- 
feits the right of any officer to the position he- 
holds : Provided, The Lodge notifies such offi- 
cer to appear and show cause why his seat shalL 
not be vacated. 

2. Should an officer elect be absent on the 
night of installation, unless a satisfactory excuse 
be given for his non-attendance, the installing 
officer may require the Lodge to immediately 
elect another member in place of the absentee, 
and proceed to install him in the office. 

3. An officer of a Lodge who is absent, on 
account of sickness, for a majority of the nights 
of his term, does not thereby forfeit the honors 
of the office. 

2 (13) 



14 DIGEST. 

ABSENCE. 

4. A subordinate Lodge cannot grant an 
elective officer leave of absence for the majority 
of the nights of a term without working a for- 
feiture of the honors of the term to the officer to 
whom such leave of absence is granted. Ab- 
sence caused by sickness is provided for by the 
Constitution, and the officer is relieved from any 
penalties for absence caused thereby. 

5. A Lodge being unable to hold a meeting 
for want of a quorum, occasioned by the ab- 
sence of one or more officers, and the By-Laws 
providing for a fine in case of such absence, the 
proper mode of proceeding is for the Recording 
Scribe, or, in his absence, for any member pres- 
ent, to note the absentees, keep a minute of 
those who are in attendance, and at the next 
stated meeting of the Lodge present this record 
and have it read ; this will establish the fact of 
the absence of certain officers, and justify the 
Lodge in imposing the fine. 

ADJOURNMENT. 

6. The Worthy Chancellor cannot entertain 
a motion to adjourn until the regular order 
of business, as laid down for the government of 
Lodges, has been gone through with. When 
this has been done, and no member offers any 



DIGEST. 15 

ADJOURNMENT. 

matter for the consideration of the Lodge, the 
Worthy Chancellor will proceed with the closing 
ceremonies without a motion. 

AMENDMENTS. 

7. After an amendment to a question, or an 
amendment to an amendment, has been either 
adopted or rejected, either of them is sus- 
ceptible of other amendments. But no amend- 
ment to the question, or amendment to the 
amendment, can be entertained which will de- 
stroy that which has already been adopted. Nor 
can an amendment be again received which has 
been rejected, unless such amendment be first 
reconsidered. 

8. Every amendment to an amendment must 
first be decided, previous to others being enter- 
tained, as only two amendments are allowed at 
one time to a question. Therefore, the second 
amendment must be disposed of previous to 
entertaining other amendments. 

APPEALS. 

9. A member considering that injustice has 
been done him by the decision of the Lodge, 
may present to the Lodge, within one month 
thereafter, a written appeal, setting forth his 



16 DIGEST. 

APPEALS. 

reasons, and the Lodge, during the succeeding 
month, shall send the appeal, together with the 
journal and testimony taken by the Committee,, 
and a copy of all the minutes of the Lodge re- 
lating to the subject, certified by the signatures 
of the Worthy Chancellor, Recording Scribe, 
and seal of the Lodge, to the Grand Chancellor. 
The appellant shall also furnish the Grand 
Chancellor with a copy of his appeal, and proof 
of service upon the Lodge, within the time 
specified. In default thereof, the appeal may be 
dismissed to the disadvantage of the Lodge or 
brother neglecting to attend to the matter. 

10. When an appeal from the decision of 
the Worthy Chancellor upon a by-law is before 
the Lodge, the Vice Chancellor, during the 
pending of an appeal, is virtually the presiding 
officer, and as such must decide all points of 
order that may be raised, and the appeal must 
be proceeded with and settled before any other 
business can be transacted. 

11. No appeal from the decision of the Wor- 
thy Chancellor upon a question of law arising 
under the Constitution can be submitted to a 
Lodge for its decision, as the Lodge did not 
make, nor can it construe it; the only appeal 
being to the Grand Lodge, the Grand Chancel- 



DIGEST. 17 

APPEALS. 

lor, or the District Deputy Grand Chancellor, as 
the case may be. 

12. Any one member may appeal from the 
decision of the Worthy Chancellor on a ques- 
tion of order. 

13. A counsellor in an appeal case must be 
a member of the Order in good standing, and 
neither the counsel nor a Committee from a 
Lodge can be acknowledged by the Committee 
on Appeals unless they present proper creden- 
tials from the Lodge, attested by the Worthy 
Chancellor and Recording Scribe, and with the 
seal of the Lodge. 

14. When an appeal is taken from the deci- 
sion of a subordinate Lodge to the Grand Chan- 
cellor, or to a District Deputy Grand Chan- 
cellor, the decision of the Lodge stands as the 
judgment in the case, until it is reversed by the 
higher authority. 

APPOINTMENTS. 

15. The Worthy Chancellor cannot appoint 
the Guide of the Lodge to fill the chair of Vice 
Chancellor in his (the Yice Chancellor's) ab- 
sence, and when there are Past Chancellors in 
the room. 



18 DIGEST. 

ARREARS. 

16. A member disabled or taken sick, when 
three months or more in arrears for dues, can- 
not, by the payment of such arrears, become i 
beneficial during such sickness or disability ; 
nor would his competent relatives be entitled to 
funeral benefits, in the event of death from such 
sickness or disability ; and the expiration of the 
penalty for non-payment of dues does not relieve 
a brother who becomes sick while in arrears ; nor 
does it entitle him to sick benefits, or his compe- 
tent relatives to funeral benefits, should he die 
from said illness. 

17. A brother while sick and receiving bene- 
fits from his Lodge cannot become in arrears so 
as to be debarred from receiving benefits on that 
account, as it is the duty of the Lodge to deduct 
from the amount drawn for his benefits, and 
have placed to his credit a sufficient sum to keep 
him in good standing. 

18. A member in arrears for dues, three 
months or more, is debarred from receiving 
weekly benefits, and is required to undergo the 
penalty as provided in the B} r -Laws, after all 
arrears are paid in full, before he becomes en- 
titled to benefits. Payment of arrears and expi- 
ration of penalty does not entitle a brother, who 



DIGEST. 19 

ARREARS. 

was in arrears when be became sick, to weekly 
benefits. 

19. A brother three months or more in 
arrears for dues, who pa}^s the same or any por- 
tion thereof, reducing the sum of his indebted- 
ness less than three months dues, is entitled to 
the S. A. P. W., can vote, speak, or be a candi- 
date, and hold office in the Lodge. 

20. A brother who pays up his arrears when 
indisposed, and yet able to attend to his usual 
business, would be entitled to benefits should 
such indisposition terminate in sickness. The 
term sickness, within the meaning of the law 
relative to payment of arrearages while sick or 
disabled, implies a state of health which prevents 
one from attending to his ordinary vocation. 

21. Should the Financial Scribe neglect to 
credit a member for money paid as dues in 
the Lodge, and the brother thereby become in 
arrears on the books, the error of the Financial 
Scribe in keeping the accounts cannot be made 
to result to his disadvantage and injury, as a 
Lodge cannot take advantage of its own wrong 
or that of its officers when acting in their official 
capacity. 

22. A member in arrears to the amount of 



20 DIGEST. 

ARREARS. 

one year's dues may be suspended from member- 
ship, and shall not be restored until he has paid 
such sum as the By-Laws of his Lodge may pre- 
scribe. 

23. If a member whose appeal or grievance 
is before his Lodge, or a Committee thereof, the 
Grand Lodge or its Committee, becomes a year 
in arrears for dues, he is not liable to suspension 
for non-payment of dues. 

24. Every member neglecting to pay, and in 
arrears to the Lodge to the amount of three 
months dues or more, shall not be entitled to 
vote, be disqualified for any office, and stand 
suspended from all benefits and privileges during 
the pleasure of the Lodge. 

25. A member in arrears for three months 
dues or more is ineligible for nomination for 
office, and cannot, by paying his arrearages, 
subsequently qualify himself for election. 

ASSESSMENTS. 

26. A Lodge cannot make and enforce the 
payment of any assessments, as the Constitution 
does not recognize them. 

AUDITING COMMITTEE. 

27. On the night of election of officers there 



DIGEST. 21 

AUDITING COMMITTEE. 

shall be appointed a Committee of three Knights 
in good standing, for the purpose of auditing the 
books and settling the accounts of the Recording 
Scribe, Financial Scribe, and Banker. Said 
Committee to report at the next stated meeting 
in writing. The Worthy Chancellor shall ap- 
point the majority, and the Vice Chancellor the 
minority of the above Committee. 

BALLOT. 

28. A ballot properly taken, that results in 
the election or rejection of a candidate for mem- 
bership, "cannot be reconsidered" by the Lodge, 
neither can the Worthy Chancellor treat it as if 
not taken. The consent of the Grand Lodge 
must first be procured before a reballot can be 
had in such cases. 

29. It being discovered, after balloting for 
and electing a candidate, that fraud and false- 
hood were resorted to in presenting his name to 
the Lodge, the ballot may be declared void and 
a new ballot had, provided two-thirds of the 
members present so decide. 

30. Balloting, by ball or ticket, is a secret 
mode of voting, and so designed in order that 
the vote of one member should not influence that 
of another, but that every one should vote ac- 



22 DIGEST. 

BALLOT. 

cording to the dictates of his own conscience, 
free from external influence; and it is a violation 
of the laws and principles of the Order to go 
into an investigation as to how a member voted. 

31. At the close of a ballot, on balloting for 
candidates, the Guide must present the box to 
the Vice Chancellor, who shall inspect the vote 
and announce the same to the Worthy Chan- 
cellor, viz. : " The ballot is in favor of the appli- 
cant," or " The ballot is unfavorable to the appli- 
cant," as the case may be. The Guide will then 
present the box to the Venerable Patriarch, who 
will inspect the vote and confirm the announce- 
ment, if correct. The Guide will then present 
the box to the Worthy Chancellor, who will 
inspect the vote and proclaim the result to the 
Lodge and its effect upon the application. 

32. In a ballot upon the report of a Com- 
mittee on the application of a member, suspended 
for non-payment of dues, to be reinstated, two- 
thirds of the valid votes cast are necessary to 
reinstate. 

33. Upon the receipt by the Lodge of the 
report of an investigating Committee on a candi- 
date, whether favorable or unfavorable, a ballot 
must be taken. 



DIGEST. 23 

BALLOT. 

34. It is the inherent right of every brother 
Knight in good standing to deposit his ballot 
according to the dictates of his conscience. But 
no brother has the right to form a conspiracy to 
reject good men, in urging other brothers to 
deposit their ballots against applicants, to retard 
the progress of the Lodge and the Order, in 
order that his selfish ends may be accom- 
plished. 

35. If a brother's conscience dictates that he 
is depositing his ballot for the best interests of 
the Lodge and the Order, he is right. But if for 
any selfish or vindictive motive, he is working 
against the best interests of the Lodge and the 
Order. 

36. If a brother should so far forget himself 
as to boast that it was his intention to deposit 
ballots against an applicant or applicants for 
membership, and would urge others to assist 
him, he is liable to have charges preferred against 
him, and, after clue trial and conviction, be fined 
or suspended, as the Lodge may determine. 

37. Upon the examination of a ballot it is 
not necessary for the "Worthy Chancellor to 
state the number cast; he merely announces the 
result, favorable or unfavorable, as the case may 
be. 



24 DIGEST. 

BANKER. 

38. The Banker shall be elected annually at 
the time prescribed by the Constitution. 

39. He shall receive from the Financial Scribe 
all moneys received by him for the Lodge, and 
give his receipt therefor. A neglect of this duty, 
and a loss to the Lodge occurring thereby, the 
Banker would be responsible. 

40. He shall keep a correct account of all 
moneys so received, and make no disbursements 
thereof unless authorized by an order from the 
Worthy Chancellor, attested by the Recording 

Scribe. 

BENEFITS. 

41. A member cannot rightfully claim weekly 
benefits when disabled by any disease or in- 
firmity by which he was afflicted previous to his 
initiation or admission in the Lodge ; or for any 
sickness or other disabilit} 7 - originating from 
intemperance, vicious or immoral conduct ; or 
while charges are pending against him under 
the penal provisions of the laws, but when he 
has been exonerated or acquitted, after due trial, 
he may claim for the time if otherwise entitled ; 
or when so disabled as to prevent him following 
his usual occupation, but able to pursue some 
other business. 



DIGEST. 25 

BENEFITS. 

42. Every member who has passed the pro- 
bationary period fixed in the By-Laws, and re- 
ceived the Knight's degree, incapacitated by 
sickness or other disability from attending to 
his usual business or some other occupation, 
shall be considered a beneficial member, entitled 
to receive such weekly benefits as the By-Laws 
prescribe, (not less than two dollars per week :) 
Provided always^ however. That his disability is 
not of a permanent character, and such as does 
not prevent other men, similarly afflicted, from 
pursuing their avocations, and that he is in good 
standing in the Lodge. 

43. The Lodge may classif}^ its dues and 
benefits above the minimum rates specified, 
prescribe the probationary period to expire 
previous to a member's becoming beneficial, and 
fix the time when weekly benefits shall commence 
to be paid to its sick and disabled members by 
laws of general application ; and upon satisfactory 
evidence that its funds are so reduced as to be 
unable to meet the legitimate demands upon its 
treasury, may be allowed a dispensation author- 
izing it to reduce its weekly benefits to a sum 
not less than one dollar per week. 

44. It is not required of a sick brother to 
3 



26 DIGEST. 

BENEFITS. 

notify the Lodge that he is going away on a 
visit. If he should go and remain four weeks, 
he would then have to make application the same 
as other brothers who reside three (3) miles or 
more from the place of meeting. 

45. If the Lodge has any doubt of the 
brother's sickness while absent, they may require 
a certificate from the physician who attended 
him while absent. But if the Lodge is satisfied 
that the brother was unable to attend to his 
usual or some other business, and was in good 
standing, the Lodge should pay him his benefits. 

46. Absent members, desirous of claiming 
benefits, shall write or cause to be written an 
application to their Lodge for benefits within 
four weeks from the commencement of such sick- 
ness or disability ; if on land, to be attested as 
the Constitution requires, and if at sea, to be at- 
tested by the surgeon of the ship or vessel, and 
if there be no surgeon, by the captain or mate, 
to be forwarded to his Lodge at the earliest op- 
portunity. If the first application should be 
delayed, and the second should arrive before the 
first, the Lodge should pay the brother, as it 
would be rightfully due him: Provided, That 
the application be not antedated to cover time 



DIGEST. 27 

BENEFITS. 

embraced in a previous application, and that the 
postmark and date of application be satisfactory 
to the Lodge. 

47. It is not necessary for a beneficial mem- 
ber, when sick, to ask for benefits, the Relief 
Committee visiting him; it is the duty of the 
Relief Committee to wait on him until he has re- 
covered or deceased, and pay him his benefits 
when due, within forty-eight hours after the close 
of each meeting. , 

48. If a brother reinstated is taken sick, or 
disabled while serving out a penalty prescribed 
in the By-Laws for the non-payment of dues, (if 
otherwise entitled,) at the expiration of the time 
specified he becomes a beneficiary, entitled to 
the same benefits and privileges as other mem- 
bers. 

49. A brother disqualified by the Constitu- 
tion or By-Laws from receiving weekly benefits : 
a Lodge cannot evade the spirit of the law by 
the enactment of a by-law rendering such dis- 
qualified member entitled to a weekly donation, 
as it would then, under another name, give him 
a weekly claim upon the funds of the Lodge, 
which claim is denied by the Constitution. 

50. A misrepresentation made by a member 



28 DIGEST. 

BENEFITS. 

as to his age at the time of his initiation and 
discovered by the Lodge only after his death, 
would be a bar to the claim of his widow or com- 
petent relatives for funeral benefits. 

51. If a Knight afflicted with temporary 
insanity, and in a deranged condition of mind, 
destroys his life, his competent relatives are en- 
titled to funeral benefits ; except where the dis- 
ease and destruction of life has been produced 
by dissipated habits or immoral conduct, when 
they would not be entitled. 

52. It is not legal for a Lodge to pass a law 
to pay funeral benefits to "Legal Representa- 
tives " or " Executors and Administrators." 
The operations of such a By-Law would allow 
funeral benefits to go into the estate of a 
deceased brother, and be made liable for the pay- 
ment of his debts. Funeral benefits are not 
intended for this purpose, but for the relief of 
his family, and purpose!}' to aid them in giving 
their relative a proper burial. 

53. The Relief Committee must pay the 
funeral benefits to the nearest competent rela- 
tive, provided the Worthy Chancellor is satisfied 
that such relative will apply the money faith- 
fully to the purpose specified ; otherwise the 



DIGEST. 29 

BENEFITS. 

Worthy Chancellor shall apply the money for 
such purpose, and return the surplus, if any, to 
the Financial Scribe, with receipts for the ex- 
penses incurred. 

54. Where the By-Laws of a Lodge require 
that applications for benefits shall be made ac- 
cording to a prescribed form in writing, and a 
brother is too ill to write, and a friend informs 
the Lodge, or a proper officer thereof, orally 
of the fact, the benefits must be paid if the bro- 
ther is otherwise qualified. 

55. A Lodge cannot make it a condition of 
the reinstatement of a suspended member that 
he shall never receive benefits. 

56. Should a brother, in good standing at 
the time of his death, be indebted to the Lodge 
for fines or dues, it must be deducted from his 
funeral benefits. 

57. A brother, having drawn weekly benefits 
from his Lodge, through mistake of the proper 
officers, before he was legally entitled, and when 
informed of the fact, having promised to return 
the same, but failing to do so, the Lodge may, 
at any subsequent sickness of said brother, reim- 
burse itself by retaining an amount equal to that 
paid to said brother as above. 



30 DIGEST. 

BENEFITS. 

58. A brother in good standing, whose wife 
dies through intemperance or from the effects of 
other vicious habits, is entitled to the funeral 
benefits as prescribed in the By-Laws. 

59. A brother who attempts suicide while 
temporarily insane, and thereby incapacitates 
himself for work, is entitled to weekty benefits, 
provided his insanity arises from any natural 
cause or disease. 

60. A Lodge may enact a by-law specify- 
ing that a brother entitled to weekly benefits 
shall not receive the same for the first week's 
sickness. 

BLANKS. 

61. When a blank is to be filled, the question 
shall be first taken upon the smallest sum or 
number, and the longest and latest time pro- 
posed. 

BUSINESS. 

62. All the business in a subordinate Lodge, 
except conferring of degrees, shall be transacted 
in the Knight's degree. 

BY-LAWS. 

63. By-Laws in conformity with the Consti- 



DIGEST. 31 

BY-LAWS. 

tution may be made, altered, amended, added to, 
or dispensed with, by submitting the proposition 
to the Lodge in writing, signed b}^ two members 
of the Knight's degree, and having it read at two 
stated meetings previous to being acted upon, 
w r hen, two-thirds of the valid votes cast concur- 
ring, it shall be adopted : Provided, hoivever, It 
does not contravene or conflict with any of the 
established principles, laws, rules, or regulations 
of the Grand Lodge, the Supreme Lodge of the 
Knights of Pythias, or the Order in general ; 
but they shall have neither force nor effect until 
approved by the Grand Chancellor, and all By- 
Laws or parts of By-Laws, which have been 
adopted by the Lodge, contravening or conflict- 
ing therewith, shall be considered as repealed 
from and after the date of such approval. 

64. Subordinate Lodges wishing their By- 
Law^s approved must furnish the Committee on 
Law with not less than five printed copies, prop- 
erly attested ; an approved copy of the B}-Laws 
of each Lodge to be forwarded, and kept in the 
office of the Grand Scribe. 

65. The By-Laws of subordinate Lodges, or 
amendments thereto, require the sanction of the 
Committee on Law of the Grand Lodge, and of 
the Grand Chancellor, before they go into effect. 



32 DIGEST. 

BY-LAWS. 

68. It is perfectly legal for a Lodge to have 
a by-law compelling a brother to sit up with a 
sick member, or pay a fine if he fails to do so. 

67. A by-law not in accordance with the 
Constitution, general laws, or usages of the 
Order, although it may have inadvertently re- 
ceived the sanction of the Committee on Law 
and the Grand Chancellor, must cease to be oper- 
ative whenever the Lodge is officially informed 
of the fact. 

68. The Grand Lodge may alter or amend 
such part or parts of its By-Laws as two-thirds 
of the Lodges present entitled to vote may de- 
termine, providing such alterations or amend- 
ments do not conflict with the Constitution, and 
have been proposed at a regular session previous 
to adoption. 

69. A Lodge cannot set aside any part of 
their By-Laws by a mere resolution. 

CARDS. 

70. Any member squaring his account on 
the books of the Lodge may apply for a with- 
drawal card, when a vote shall be taken, and in 
case the majority of those voting refuse to grant 
the card, the objections shall be stated in writing, 



DIGEST. 33 

CARDS. 

and the applicant be entitled to a trial in the 
same manner and form as upon other charges. 

71. The vote of the majorit}^ in favor of 
granting a withdrawal card severs the connection 
of the applicant from the Lodge, whether the 
card is taken or not. 

72. A card ma}- be recalled or annulled by 
the Lodge for proper cause. 

73. Members of a defunct Lodge, who were 
in good standing at the time of dissolution, may 
be admitted into another Lodge, after having 
applied for and received a card, signed by the 
Grand Chancellor, and countersigned by the 
Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe, 
with the seal of the Grand Lodge attached ; the 
application for such card must be accompanied 
by the fee of two dollars, the card to hold good 
for twelve months. 

74. A brother having lost his withdrawal 
card, and wishing to connect himself again with 
the Order, may apply for a duplicate card to the 
Lodge from which he withdrew, when, upon sat- 
isfactory evidence received by the Lodge of the 
brother's identity, the duplicate may be granted. 

75. The Grand Recording and Correspond- 
ing Scribe is authorized to furnish blank with- 



34 DIGEST. 

CARDS. 

drawal cards to the Representative or Recording 
Scribe of a subordinate Lodge, upon application 
therefor. 

76. It is not legal for any subordinate 
Lodge to enact a by-law preventing any 
brother Knight from depositing his card in such 
Lodge, by reason of his being over fifty years of 
age. 

77. The vote on granting a withdrawal card 
is the usual voting sign, and is merely taken to 
ascertain if there be objections to the granting of 
the card. Should a majority of the legal voters 
present vote against granting the card, or there 
be objections, they must be reduced to writing, 
and submitted to the Lodge at the same session ; 
otherwise the Worthy Chancellor, before the 
Lodge closes the session, must declare the card 
granted. 

78. A withdrawal card entitles the holder 
thereof to the S. A. P. W. in force at the time 
the card is issued, and the card can be visited 
on during the period, and until the S. A. P. W. 
thus given expires, and no longer ; but the card 
may be presented for application to membership 
at any time before or after the term of twelve 
months, as expressed upon the card. 



DIGEST. 35 

CARDS. 

79. A member of the Order wishing to join 
a Lodge by depositing his withdrawal card from 
the Lodge of which he was formerlj r a member, 
and being elected, but failing to present himself 
to the Lodge until some time thereafter, on ac- 
count of absence from the place of meeting, the 
dues of a member so situated do not commence 
until he signs the Constitution. 

80. Blank withdrawal cards are furnished to 
subordinates by the Grand Lodge, none others 
being legal. 

CEREMONIES. 

81. The Lodge cannot deviate in the cere- 
monies from the instructions given by the Com- 
mittee of Superintendence. 

82. The ceremony of installation must be 
performed in the Knight's degree. 

CHARGE BOOKS. 

83. The charge books of a subordinate 
Lodge are in the official keeping of the Worthy 
Chancellor. He shall neither take nor allow 
them to be taken from the Lodge-room ; he shall 
place them in a secure place (which must be 
provided by the Lodge) immediately after the 
close of each session, and no copies of or ex- 



36 DiaEST. 

CHARGE BOOKS. 

tracts from any part or parts of the books shall 
be taken for any purpose whatever ; and no offi- 
cer or member, except the Worthy Chancellor, 
or in his absence the Yice Chancellor or Guide, 
shall be intrusted with the key of the receptacle 
for the said books; and any other officer or 
member opening the same subjects himself to 
charges, and is liable to suspension. 

CHARGES. 

84. Charges or complaints made against 
members of the Lodge, under the penal pro- 
visions of the laws, rules, and regulations, shall 
be reduced to writing, and distinctly state the 
cause, time, and place of occurrence, and the 
Recording Scribe shall furnish the accused with 
a copy thereof and notice that the matter will be 
taken up for consideration at the next stated 
meeting of the Lodge, one week thereafter, when 
a Committee of five members, of the Knight's 
degree, shall be appointed. 

85. The Committee to whom a charge has 
been referred shall examine the parties, their 
proofs and witnesses, carefully and impartially, 
after giving them notice and fair opportunity to 
be present at the time specified, when the ac- 
cused and accuser each have the privilege of 



DIGEST. 37 

CHARGES. 

being represented by a member of the Order in 
good standing, having the Knight's degree ; but 
no witness or person other than the accused and 
accuser, their representatives, and the Commit- 
tee, shall be allowed to be present during the 
examination ; and the Committee shall keep a 
correct journal of the proceedings, reduce the 
testimony received to writing, and have it signed 
by the witnesses in the order it was received, 
and, after having received all the evidence and 
proofs presented, reduce their opinion as to the 
guilt or innocence of the accused to writing, and 
present the same, together with the journal of 
their proceedings and the testimony received, to 
the Lodge, at a stated meeting, as early as prac- 
ticable thereafter. 

86. It is the duty of a brother taken sick 
while under charges to report himself to the 
Lodge, and the Relief Committee must visit 
him. 

87. Charges preferred against a District 
Deputy Grand Chancellor, in regard to his offi- 
cial acts, must be preferred in the Grand Lodge. 
As to his acts as a member of the Order, the 
proper tribunal is the subordinate Lodge. 

88. A Committee on Charges having made 
their report to the Lodge, at the next stated 

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38 DIGEST. 

CHARGES. 

meeting the same shall be considered and a 
ballot taken, (the white balls in favor and the 
black opposed,) when the majority of the ballots 
cast being in favor of the report, it shall be re- 
corded as the judgment of the Lodge. 

89. When an impeached Lodge neglects or 
refuses to answer within a given time, it may be 
tried, suspended or dissolved for contempt. 

90. A Lodge is required to entertain a 
charge against one of its members when brought 
by a member of another Lodge, if the said 
charge is in regular form, properly attested, and 
thought worthy of investigation by the Lodge 
to which the brother making the charge belongs. 

91. All members present are required to vote 
upon the report of a Committee on Charges, and 
upon the penalty to be imposed, except those 
whose interests are involved in the result. 

92. Any member of a Lodge who has been 
regularly tried upon a charge containing several 
counts, and acquitted, cannot be again tried 
upon that charge, or any of the separate counts 
therein contained. 

93. A member under penal charges cannot 
be refused admittance to the Lodge, and may 



DIGEST, 39 

CHARGES. 

participate in the work of the Lodge. If an 
officer of the Lodge, he may continue to perform 
the functions of his office, unless the Lodge de- 
cides otherwise ; the only effect of undecided 
charges being to deprive him of the right to be 
installed into an office, or take a withdrawal 
card, and where the charges bear upon the right 
to benefits, to suspend the payment thereof 
until a final decision is given. 

94. When a charge is regularly preferred 
against an officer elect before installation, the 
incumbent must hold over, filling the chair pro 
tern, until the result of the trial upon the charge 
is known, when, if proven guilty, and the pen- 
alty is simply a fine, the officer elect may be in- 
stalled on its payment ; but a suspension will 
cause a vacancy which must be filled by a new 
election. 

95. When charges are preferred under the 
penal provisions of the law by one brother 
against another, they must be reduced to writ- 
ing, with the signature of the brother attached 
who preferred the charges. 

96. It requires no action of the Lodge to 
receive charges regularly made. It is the duty 
of the Worthy Chancellor to receive them, in 



40 DIGEST. 

CHARGES. 

justice to the brother preferring them, if he be 
in good standing, the brother being responsible 
for the same under the law ; the Worthy Chan- 
cellor shall direct the Recording Scribe to read 
the charges to the Lodge, after which the whole 
matter lies over until the next stated meeting, 
the Recording Scribe furnishing the accused 
with a copy of the charges, and notice that they 
will be taken up for consideration at the next 
stated meeting of the Lodge ; when a Committee 
of five will be appointed, as the By-Laws of the 
Lodge may direct, the Committee to proceed in 
accordance with the law as laid down in the 
Constitution. 

97. When the Worthy Chancellor receives 
charges, regularly preferred under the penal 
provisions of the law, they become the property 
of the Lodge, the accused and the accuser, and 
cannot be withdrawn without the consent of the 
three parties above named ; and if the Lodge 
and the accuser should withdraw them without 
the consent of the accused, they would be doing 
great injustice to the brother charged, as an ac- 
cusation has been made against his character, 
and it is but just and right that he should have 
a fair, just, and impartial trial, if he demand it. 



DIGEST. 41 

CHARGES. 

98. Charges may be preferred for cause 
against a sick member who is absent from the 
place of location of the Lodge, but they cannot 
be tried in his absence; the brother charged 
must have a fair opportunity to be present at the 
trial, either in person or by counsel. 

99. A Committee on Charges having been 
appointed, and before proceeding to a trial, a 
member of said Committee notifies the Lodge of 
his inability to serve on account of absence from 
the cit} r , town, or borough, the Lodge must pro- 
ceed to fill the vacancy in the manner in which 
the Committee was originally selected. 

100. It is not the official duty of any officer 
of a Lodge to prefer charges against a member 
on information given by persons not members of 
the Order; but in case such information is given 
by a creditable person, the officer should com- 
municate the subject-matter of it to the Lodge 
for its consideration and action. 

101. The Worthy Chancellor or Yice Chan- 
cellor of a Lodge, preferring a charge against a 
member, are not competent to appoint the Com- 
mittee to try the case, or sit as officers when said 
charge is under consideration, and the Lodge 
must select a Committee by ballot, unless the 



42 DIGEST. 

CHARGES. 

By-Laws provide a way of selection other than 
the appointment by the Worthy Chancellor or 
Yice Chancellor. 

102. A Committee investigating charges 
against a brother must exclude all persons from 
the room except the parties to the trial, and ad- 
mit and examine the witnesses separately. 

103. A brother, pleading guilty in open 
Lodge to a charge preferred against him, waives 
a trial ; but the Committee appointed to try the 
case may present a resolution prescribing the 
punishment for the offence. 

104. In the ballot upon the report of a Com- 
mittee on Charges, as to the guilt or innocence 
of the accused, a majority decides. 

105. In balloting to prescribe the punish- 
ment to be inflicted on a member found guilty of 
a charge, it requires a two-thirds vote to repri- 
mand, fine, or suspend. 

CHARTER. 

106. Not less than nine Knights in good 
standing, sound in health, mind, limb, and body, 
not less than twenty-one years of age, may apply 
to the Grand Lodge for a charter or dispensa- 
tion to establish a new Lodge, which application 



DIGEST. 43 

CHARTER. 

must be accompanied by a sum of not less than 
fifteen dollars, exclusive of the printed Ritual of 
the Order, which shall be furnished at such 
prices as the Grand Lodge may determine : 
Provided, however, That in places where the 
Order is not established, it is not necessary for 
the applicants to be Knights. The application 
must be accompanied by the withdrawal cards 
from the former Lodge. 

107. A Lodge may be suspended or dissolved, 
and its charter or dispensation forfeited to the 
Grand Lodge, for improper conduct ; for neglect- 
ing or refusing to conform to the Constitution or 
laws of the Grand Lodge, or the general laws, 
rules, and regulations of the Order; for neglecting 
or refusing to make its returns, or for non-pay- 
ment of dues to the Grand Lodge; for neglecting 
to hold regular stated meetings as provided, 
unless prevented from doing so by some unfore- 
seen circumstance ; by its membership diminish- 
ing to less than a constitutional quorum. 

108. The charter or dispensation shall not 
be forfeited until the Lodge has been duly 
notified of its offence by the Grand Recording 
and Corresponding Scribe, and opportunity 
given to answer the charges made against it. 



44 DIGEST. 

CHARTER. 

109. No Lodge shall have power to keep 
their charter books open for a longer period 
than three months, unless by special permission 
from the Grand Lodge or the Grand Chancellor; 
but in no case shall such permission be granted 
to any Lodge which has two hundred and fifty 
members. 

COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE. 

110. The Committee on Law and Supervi- 
sion shall, when such subjects are presented to 
the Grand Lodge and duly referred to them, in- 
quire into all cases of infraction of the estab- 
lished laws and regulations of the Order, and 
recommend such measures as they may deem 
expedient for correcting the innovation. During 
the investigation, said Committee shall be actu- 
ated by impartial justice alone, and a strict 
adherence to the Constitution. They shall ex- 
amine the By-Laws of all subordinate Lodges 
before being printed, reject any article or 
section which may conflict with the Constitu- 
tion, and present them to the Grand Chancellor 
for approval, before returning them to subordi- 
nate Lodges. The Committee shall consist of 
five members. 

111. The Committee of Finance and Mileage 



DIGEST. 43 

COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE. 

shall audit the accounts of the Grand Scribe and 
Grand Banker once in each term, and report 
their proceedings at each regular meeting, or 
whenever they may be required to do so by the 
Grand Lodge. They shall examine all bills pre- 
sented against the Grand Lodge, and approve 
the same, prior to an order being drawn for 
their paj^ment; submit, at each annual meeting, 
a full estimate of the expenditures of the ensuing 
year, and also an inventory of all property 
owned or claimed by the Grand Lodge ; compute 
the mileage of officers and Representatives, and 
report the amount to which each is entitled, and 
no order shall be drawn for such amount until 
the bill for the same is indorsed by a majority 
of the Committee. It shall consist of seven 
members. 

112. The Committee on Appeals and Griev- 
ances shall hear all appeals and grievances from 
Lodges or members of Lodges referred to them 
by the Grand Lodge or Grand Chancellor, and 
report their decisions with the utmost despatch 
to the Grand Lodge, or to the Grand Chancellor 
during the recess. But no member of this Com- 
mittee shall serve on any case of appeal from 
the Lodge of which he is a member. It shall 
consist of five members. 



46 DIGEST. 

COMMITTEES OP GRAND LODGE. 

113. The Committee on Returns and Cre- 
dentials shall examine and report to the Grand 
Lodge on the regularity of returns of subordi- 
nates, and upon the correctness of certificates of 
Representatives and Past Chancellors. It shall 
consist of three members. 

114. The Committee on Printing and Sup- 
plies shall have charge of and superintend all 
the printing, binding, and supplies which may 
be from time to time ordered by the Grand 
Lodge, and make a report to the Grand Lodge 
of their transactions at each stated session. It 
shall consist of three members. 

115. The Committee of Superintendence shall 
consist of thirteen members, residing within the 
limits of the city of Philadelphia. They shall 
effect an organization within three weeks from 
the time of their appointment, by the selection 
of proper officers, (provided, the first person 
named on the Committee shall act as Chairman,) 
visit officially each subordinate Lodge in the 
city of Philadelphia at least twice in each term, 
for the purpose of instructing in the unwritten 
work of the Order, and endeavoring to secure 
uniformity in the same, and report from time to 
time to the Grand Chancellor. Each member of 



DIGEST. 47 

COMMITTEES OP GRAND LODGE. 

the Committee shall be furnished with a certifi- 
cate of his appointment, by the Grand Corre- 
sponding and Recording Scribe, under his hand 
and the seal of the Grand Lodge. 

116. The Committee on the State of the 
Order shall consist of five Representatives, to 
whom shall be referred all appeals from subor- 
dinate Lodges for aid and assistance. 

117. All Committees shall be appointed from 
the qualified Representatives, and every Repre- 
sentative neglecting to attend to the duties 
assigned to the Committee, after being duly no- 
tified, shall be dealt with as the Grand Lodge 
may determine. 

118. The first Representative named on a 
Committee shall be the Chairman thereof; it 
shall be his duty to convene the Committee 
within ten days of receiving notice of their 
appointment, unless otherwise provided for, and 
proceed to the consideration of the matter or 
subject, or the discharge of the duties that have 
been assigned to them. 

119. Every Committee shall have authority 
and power to call for such books, documents, 
papers, and other articles as are necessary to a 
correct understanding of the matter or subject 



48 DIGEST. 

COMMITTEES OF GRAND LODGE. 

under consideration or the business they have 
been charged with. 

120. The report of a Committee shall be 
made in writing and signed by the majority of 
its members, but the minority or individual 
members thereof shall be entitled to present 
their views and conclusions in writing. 

121. The Committee on Appeals cannot re- 
ceive new evidence, except to prove irregularity, 
informality, or unfairness in the proceedings of 
a Lodge or its Committee ; nor can a Lodge 
introduce testimony to contradict its own min- 
utes. 

122. The person first named on a Special 
Committee shall act as Chairman until another is 
chosen by the members of the Committee ; and 
the mover of a resolution referred to a Special 
Committee is usually the first named thereon. 

123. Any member may excuse himself from 
serving on a Committee, if, at the time of his 
appointment, he is a member of two other Com- 
mittees; but a member cannot be appointed on a 
Committee when absent from the Lodge. 

124. A Committee cannot be discharged until 
all the debts contracted by it shall have been 
paid. 



DIGEST. 49 

CONSTITUTION. 

125. The Constitution for subordinate Lodges 
shall not be altered or amended unless the pro- 
posed alteration or amendment be submitted in 
writing, signed by five Representatives, at a 
regular session of the Grand Lodge, when the 
Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe shall 
have the provision printed and furnish each Rep- 
resentative with a copy, and each Lodge with 
three copies. The proposition then being ap- 
proved by the concurrent votes of two-thirds of 
the Representatives present at the next suc- 
ceeding stated session, it shall be considered 
part of the Constitution, annulling and repealing 
all such parts as conflict therewith. 

126. The Constitution of the Grand Lodge 
shall not be amended, unless such proposed 
amendments be submitted in writing at a regular 
session, signed by three Representatives, when 
the Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe 
shall cause said amendments to be printed, and 
distribute copies thereof to each subordinate 
Lodge within this jurisdiction, and at the next 
regular session the question shall be taken on 
their adoption, and if approved by a vote of 
two-thirds of the Lodges represented entitled to 
vote, and the Supreme Lodge, they shall become 
a part of this Constitution. 

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50 DIGEST. 

CONTEMPT. 

127. Every member is bound faithfully and 
punctually to attend when summoned by the 
Lodge, Grand Lodge, or any of their Committees 
or officers ; and every member evading a receipt 
of a notice, or, after receiving notice, neglecting 
to attend at the time and place specified, or to 
continue his attendance until released, shall be 
reported to the Lodge, and be fined or suspended 
for contempt, in accordance with the laws, rules, 
and regulations. 

DEBT. 

128. Actual fraud practised by one brother 
upon another, either in contracting a debt or 

: evading the payment of one already contracted, 
*will render such brother liable to charge and 
(punishment ; but the mere neglect or refusal to 
ipay a debt will not : if such refusal or neglect 
arises from any other cause than fraud, the 
parties must be left to the ordinary forms of law 
for the settlement of the dispute. 

DECORUM. 

129. During the reading of the minutes, 
communications, and other papers, and when a 
member is speaking, silence shall be observed in 
the Lodge-room. 



DIGEST. 51 

DECORUM. 

130. Any member who may misbehave him- 
self in the meetings of the Lodge, disturb the 
order or harmony thereof, either by abusive, 
disorderly, or profane language, or may refuse 
obedience to the presiding officer, shall be ad- 
monished of his offence from the chair; and if 
he offend again, he shall be excluded from the 
room for the evening, and afterwards dealt with 
as the laws prescribe. 

131. The Worthy Chancellor having taken 
the chair, the officers and members shall clothe 
themselves in regalia, and take their respective 
seats, and at the sound of the gavel, to be 
repeated by the Vice Chancellor, there shall be 
silence. 

DEGREES. 

132. A brother on whom the Page degree 
has legally been conferred can cause application 
to be made to the Lodge on the same evening for 
the Esquire's degree, by payment for the degree to 
the Financial Scribe, who must give notice to the 
Lodge, when open in the Knight's degree, that the 
brother has paid for the Esquire's degree, and 
desires to be raised to that degree ; and when 
the Esquire's degree has been conferred not less 
than one week from the date of receiving the 



52 DIGEST. 

DEGREES. 

Page degree, he may in like manner pay for and 
cause application to be made for the Knight's 
degree ; but not less than one week must elapse 
between the conferring of the degrees, after the 
charter has been closed. 

133. A Lodge has no right to authorize the 
conferring of degrees by its officers during a 
recess of the Lodge, or at any time except at 
the stated meetings of the Lodge. 

134. A Lodge having conferred degrees upon 
a person who was not legally entitled to them, 
cannot rescind its action in the case. Should 
the brother be of such a bad character as to be 
unfit to be a member of the Order, the only legal 
course to pursue is, to bring charges against 
him, and, if sustained, remove him from the 
Lodge in a constitutional manner. 

135. A member having taken all the obliga- 
tions required in a subordinate Lodge, such 
Lodge is not justifiable in withholding from him 
any part or parts of the degrees by reason of 
charges pending against him. 

136. At balloting on an application for de- 
grees, if all the balls deposited are white, or not 
more than two black, the Worthy Chancellor 
shall declare the applicant elected ; but if there 



DIGEST. 53 

DEGREES. 

have been three black balls deposited, the 
Worthy Chancellor shall declare the applicant 
rejected, and he shall not be entitled to renew 
his application until three months thereafter. 

137. The least amount to be charged for the 
three degrees, when the charter is open, is six 
dollars. 

138. The Grand Lodge cannot confer the 
degree of Past Chancellor on a member of a 
subordinate Lodge without the consent of said 
Lodge, and without a knowledge of the mem- 
ber's standing in the Lodge. 

DISPENSATIONS. 

139. Dispensations may be granted by the 
Grand Chancellor or his Deputy upon application 
from a Lodge, for the following purposes : 

To propose, elect, and initiate at the same 
session. 

To confer the three degrees at the same session. 

To confer the degrees upon a person over fifty 
years of age. 

140. It requires a fee of two dollars for a 
dispensation to propose, elect, and initiate a can- 
didate on the same night. To confer more than 
one degree on one and the same evening, one 



54 DIGEST. 

DISPENSATIONS. 

dollar for each degree ; all other dispensations, 
twenty-five cents each. 

141. A Grand Lodge cannot grant a dispen- 
sation to initiate a person who has lost a limb. 

142. It is not lawful for the Grand Chancellor 
to grant a dispensation to any Lodge to reopen 
or keep open the charter books if the mem- 
bership of such Lodge is two hundred and fifty. 

143. A dispensation having been asked for a 
certain purpose and time, and been paid for, but 
being received too late to be of any avail, the fee 
must be refunded to the party having paid the 
same. 

DISTEICT DEPUTY GRAND CHAN- 
CELLOR. 

144. The District Deputy Grand Chancellor 
is the representative of the Grand Chancellor in 
the district placed under his jurisdiction, and it 
shall be his duty to see that the work of the 
Order is performed uniformly; to install, or 
cause to be installed, the officers of the Lodges 
under his charge, and report his doings to the 
Grand Chancellor in time for the sessions of the 
Grand Lodge. He shall receive from the Grand 
Recording and Corresponding Scribe all dispen- 



DIGEST. 55 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND CHAN- 
CELLOR. 

sations for new Lodges under his jurisdiction, 
after they may have been granted by the Grand 
Lodge or the Grand Officers, and, with the as- 
sistance of such Past Chancellors as he in ay 
select, open such new Lodges, deliver the dis- 
pensations, and install the officers. He shall, 
when visiting subordinate Lodges in his district, 
be provided with his commission, to be delivered 
to him by the Grand Chancellor on his appoint- 
ment. He shall also perform such other duties 
as the Grand Lodge or the Grand Chancellor 
may, from time to time, order and direct. All 
necessary reasonable expenses of the District 
Deputy Grand. Chancellor shall be paid by the 
Grand Lodge. 

145. A District Deputy Grand Chancellor 
has not the power to approve By-Laws of a sub- 
ordinate Lodge. 

146. It is the duty of the Grand Recording 
and Corresponding Scribe to furnish each Dis- 
trict Deputy Grand Chancellor with a record 
book, at the expense of the Grand Lodge, in 
which shall be recorded all official correspond- 
ence and decisions, which may be given in matters 
relating to the Order within the district. This 
book to remain in the office of the Distriet 



56 DIGEST. 

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND CHAN- 
CELLOR. 

Deputy Grand Chancellors as a record for future 
reference, to be transferred over to each succes- 
sor in office as soon as qualified. 

147. The law requires a District Deputy 
Grand Chancellor to present a full report to the 
Grand Chancellor previous to each session of the 
Grand Lodge. 

148. District Deputy Grand Chancellors are 
required to keep an accurate account of all dis- 
pensations issued by them, and the purpose for 
which they were issued, in a book furnished 
each District Deputy Grand Chancellor. These 
officers are not authorized to approve By-Laws, 
or amendments to the By-Laws, of any subordi- 
nate Lodge. The District Deputy Grand Chan- 
cellors must keep an accurate account of the ex- 
penses incurred, and at the end of the term, im- 
mediately after the installation of their Lodges, 
make a return of the full amount they have 
received, including all received for dispensations 
or other receipts, and forward the same, with their 
bill for expenses. No District Deputy Grand 
Chancellor can pay himself out of the receipts ; 
all payments must be made on orders regularly 
drawn. 



DIGEST. 57 

DONATIONS. 

149. When a worthy brother is unable to 
pay his dues, a Lodge may grant a donation for 
that purpose, to keep him in good standing. 

150. A Lodge receiving a dispensation to 
keep their charter books open for a given period, 
and to receive and confer all the degrees on an 
applicant for the sum of six dollars, it cannot 
evade the spirit of the law by the enactment of a 
resolution donating to the applicant any portion 
of the six dollars thus received and crediting it 
as dues. A violation of the law in this manner 
should cause a revocation of the dispensation 
immediately. 

DUES. 

151. The fiscal week by which dues must be 
calculated commences at the first meeting on 
conferring the Page's degree, and accrue weekly 
at the regular stated meetings of the Lodge, and 
may be paid at any time during the session; 
fractions of a week cannot be charged, nor can 
fractions of a week for benefits be allowed. 

152. Funeral dues and fines remaining unpaid 
at the end of a term are counted with the weekly 
dues, and if the aggregate of funeral and weekly 
dues and fines at the end of the term amount to 
more than three months weekly dues, the 



58 DIGEST. 

DUES. 

brother so indebted will be in arrearage to his 
Lodge. 

153. A brother owing three months dues on 
a certain meeting night, and neglecting to pay 
the same during that session, but coming for- 
ward to pay them on next meeting night, must, 
in order to appear square on the books, pay the 
additional week's dues. 

154. Every member shall pay into the funds 
of the Lodge, as dues, the sum prescribed in the 
By-Laws, which shall in no case be at a less rate 
than ten cents each per week, and the amount 
specified for funeral tax, to commence with the 
date of his initiation. 

155. If a member pays his weekly dues 
promptly, funeral tax and other fines which he 
may owe do not deprive him of receiving bene- 
fits, if taken sick before the end of the term, 
until they are charged against him as dues under 
the law. 

156. All dues overpaid by a brother at the 
time of granting his card must be returned to 
him. 

157. All dues overpaid by a brother at the 
time of his death must be returned to his nearest 
competent relative. 



DIGEST. 59 

DUES. 

158. Any amount a Lodge may owe an 
officer for services cannot be taken as an offset 
for his dues ; he is required to pay his dues 
regularly, the same as any other member. 

ELECTIONS. 

159. There shall not be an election for 
officers in a subordinate Lodge without a pre- 
vious nomination of candidates, and sufficient 
time allowed to intervene for the preparation of 
tickets, and the majority of all the valid votes 
polled for the office shall be required to elect a 
candidate to any office ; but votes polled for 
candidates who have not been duly nominated 
shall be excluded from the number. 

160. When an election is held for any officer 
or officers in a subordinate Lodge, the presiding 
officer shall act as judge, and appoint two 
members having the Knight's degree as tellers, 
to assist in conducting the election in a fair and 
impartial manner ; and when the poll has been 
opened, each member of good standing in the 
Lodge, qualified to vote, and desirous of voting, 
shall present his ticket to the tellers, to be de- 
posited in the poll or box. 

161. Upon an election of officers, there being 
more than one candidate for a particular office. 



60 DIGEST. 

ELECTIONS. 

and it being subsequently discovered that the 
brother elected was not in good standing, and 
therefore ineligible, the votes cast for him were 
clearly illegal, whilst neither of the opposing 
candidates had a majority of the votes cast, 
and could therefore not be elected. The election 
must be declared null and void and a new one 
ordered. 

162. In order to elect a member off the floor 
to an office, the incumbent of which must ac- 
cording to the Constitution have previously 
served in a lower office, a dispensation must be 
obtained from the Grand Lodge or Grand Chan- 
cellor. 

163. Votes offered by proxy shall not be 
received, and a register of all the votes polled 
must be kept. 

164. Whenever the counting of the votes 
polled discloses a greater number than there 
were legally qualified members voting, (accord- 
ing to the list kept by the tellers,) the Worthy 
Chancellor shall declare the balloting at which 
they were received illegal and void, and direct 
another balloting to take place immediately. 

165. In case there are two or more candi- 
dates for the same office, neither of whom having 



DIGEST. 61 

ELECTIONS. 

received a majority of all the valid votes polled 
for that office, another balloting shall be had, 
confined to the two candidates who had pre- 
viously received the highest number of votes. 

166. At an election for officers of the Grand 
Lodge by the Past Chancellors of good standing 
in their respective Lodges, a printed list of the 
qualified candidates shall be furnished by the 
Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe ; 
votes offered by proxy shall not be received, and 
the name of every Past Chancellor voting shall 
be placed on the register made by the tellers; 
after the poll has been closed, the tellers shall 
count the votes that have been received, and 
present them, together with their report, to the 
presiding officer, who shall announce the result ; 
all the votes that have been received shall be 
forthwith sent, under the seal of the Lodge, 
attested by the signatures of the Worthy Chan- 
cellor and Recording Scribe, marked " election 
returns," to the office of the Grand Recording 
and Corresponding Scribe, and a true record of 
the particulars of the election be made by the 
Recording Scribe on the minutes of the Lodge, 
a certified copy of which shall be furnished to 
the Representative of the Lodge. 



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62 DIGEST. 

EMBLEMS. 

167. No member can expose any emblems of 
the Order, or any thing relating to the Knights 
of Pythias, on any sign; and any member 
guilty of such practices may be punished by his 
Lodge for so doing, either by reprimand, fine, or 
suspension. 

168. The adoption of the regalia and other 
emblems designating the officers of a Lodge is 
not within the province of a subordinate Lodge. 
All such matters belong exclusively to the 
Supreme Lodge. 

EXCUSES. 

169. The I>3 T -Laws of a Lodge providing for 
a fine to be imposed upon absent officers unless 
a reasonable excuse is offered by them, it is not 
for the Worthy Chancellor but for the Lodge to 
decide whether the excuse offered shall be ac- 
cepted or not. 

FEES. 

170. All mone}'s paid into the Lodge must 
be received by the Financial Scribe ; he, the 
Financial Scribe, to pay over immediately such 
sums as he may receive to the Banker, taking 
his receipt therefor. Should an application for 



DIGEST. 63 

FEES. 

membership be presented, it must be handed 
over to the Financial Scribe, who, after taking 
possession of the fee enclosed, should give his 
acknowledgment of the same on the face of the 
application, and hand the application over to the 
Recording Scribe to be read to the Lodge. 

FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

171. It shall be the duty of the Committee 
on Finance and Mileage to meet at the office of 
the Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe 
once in every month, at which time all bills 
against the Grand Lodge shall be presented for 
their approval; and it is not lawful for the 
Grand Banker to pay any mone3~s on account of 
the Grand Lodge without the approval of the 
said Committee. 

FINANCIAL SCRIBE. 

172. The Financial Scribe shall be elected 
annually, at the time prescribed by the Consti- 
tution. 

173. He shall keep correct accounts between 
the Lodge and its members. 

174. He shall receive ail moneys for the 



64 DIGEST. 

FINANCIAL SCRIBE. 

Lodge, and pay the same immediately to the 
Banker, and take his receipt therefor. 

175. He shall furnish the Recording Scribe 
with the amount of receipts previous to the close 
of each meeting; also a list of all Past Chancel- 
lors not entitled to admission in the Grand 
Lodge, and of all members in arrears to the 
Lodge to the amount of three months dues. 

176. He shall perform such other duties as 
are enjoined by the laws, rules, and regulations, 
and receive for his services such compensation 
as the By-Laws may prescribe. 

FINES. 

177. The Venerable Patriarch and assistants 
being duly installed in ofllce for the performance 
of certain duties, they are liable to punishment. 
The Venerable Patriarch can be fined, and the 
assistants fined and removed. 

178. If a member or an officer is fined by the 
Worthy Chancellor or by the Lodge for neglect 
of duty or breach of decorum, he is not sus- 
pended if he neglects to pay his fine, but is 
debarred from being installed into office, from 



DIGEST. 65 

FINES. 

taking his card, or from performing any act 
which requires him to be clear of the books of 
the Lodge ; and if he is taken sick, the fine may 
be deducted from his benefits. 

179. To fine a member upon a report made 
by a Committee on Charges requires the con- 
currence of two-thirds of the ballots cast. 

180. If the By-Laws of a Lodge express 
the amount of fine as a penalty for neglect of 
duty, the Worthy Chancellor directs the Record- 
ing Scribe to note the fine as the law directs, but 
if it is not so expressed in the By-Laws, it 
requires two-thirds of the members present, 
voting, to fine for neglect of duty. 

181. If a brother should be found guilty of 
an offence for which the By-Laws of the Lodge 
prescribe a certain punishment, the Lodge must 
take action on that particular penalty, and if 
two-thirds of the members present, voting, con- 
cur therein, he is fined, and not until then. 

182. A by-law providing for the fining of 
subordinate members for non-attendance at 
stated meetings is null and void. 



66 



DIGEST. 



FLAGS. 

183. The regulation flag of the Order is to 
be six feet long, and two feet six inches wide. 




Any other sized flag must be, in width, two-thirds 
of the length. 

Material to be silk, bunting, or muslin. 

Colors, blue, yellow, and red, equal size, ver- 
tical. 

184. For the Grand Lodge, a red shield 
with a tilting spear, and the letter " P" in the 
centre of the yellow. 

185. For a subordinate Lodge, a red and 
white shield, red above, tilting spear, and letter 
44 P" as above. 



DIGEST. 67 

FRAUD. 

186. A mere failure to keep a promise to 
repay borrowed money does not constitute 
fraud ; neither does neglect or inability to pay a 
debt. 

FUNDS. 

187. Funds paid into the treasury for the 
relief of the sick, the burial of the dead, the edu- 
cation of orphans, or other legitimate purposes, 
cannot be expended in pleasure excursions, 
picnics, or the like, they not being the legitimate 
purposes of a Lodge. 

GOOD STANDING. 

188. Every member of the Lodge shall be 
considered in good standing who is not disquali- 
fied, debarred, or suspended from the privileges 
and benefits by reason of non-payment of his 
dues, fines, funeral tax, or suffering from charges 
under the penal provisions of the laws, rules, 
and regulations. 

GRAND LODGE. 

189. The Grand Lodge shall have jurisdic- 
tion over all Lodges of Knights of Pythias 
within the State of Pennsylvania. It possesses 
the right and power of granting charters, of sus- 



68 DIGEST. 

GRAND LODGE. 

pending or taking away the same upon proper 
cause, of receiving and hearing all appeals, of 
redressing grievances and complaints arising in 
the Lodges under its jurisdiction, of enacting 
laws for its government and support, provided 
the same are not in violation of the laws of the 
Supreme Lodge. 

190. It shall be composed of all Past Chan- 
cellors of good standing in subordinate Lodges 
in the State ; but no Past Chancellor shall be 
permitted to speak or vote on any subject before 
the Grand Lodge unless he be a regularly elected 
Representative of a subordinate Lodge. 

191. The Grand Lodge shall regulate the 
price of charters, dispensations, rituals, instal- 
lation work, odes, and withdrawal cards. In no 
case shall the price of charters be less than 
fifteen dollars. 

GRAND OFFICERS. e 

192. The Grand Chancellor shall preside at 
all sessions of the Grand Lodge, enforce order 
and decorum, decide all questions of order with- 
out debate, subject, however, to an appeal to the 
Grand Lodge by two members ; appoint Grand 
Officers, pro tern., in case of the temporary ab- 



DIGEST. 69 

GRAND OFFICERS. 

sence or disqualification of any Grand Officer ; 
appoint all Committees, unless otherwise ordered ; 
sign all orders drawn on the Grand Banker for 
such sums as may be voted by the Grand Lodge, 
and such other papers as may require his signa- 
ture to authenticate them; exercise a general su- 
pervision over the Order in this jurisdiction. He 
shall call the Vice Grand Chancellor to his chair 
during the discussion of any question before the 
Grand Lodge on which he may desire to speak. 
He shall, at the annual session, appoint District 
Deputy Grand Chancellors, and the following 
Committees, to serve for the term of one 3 r ear, 
to wit : 

A Committee on Laws and Supervision. 

A Committee on Finance and Mileage. 

A Committee on Appeals and Grievances. 

A Committee on Returns and Credentials. 

A Committee on Printing and Supplies. 

A Committee of Superintendence, 

A Committee on the State of the Order. 

193. He shall at each stated session present 
and cause to be read to the Grand Lodge his 
semi-annual report He shall visit, officially, at 
least once during his term of office, accompanied 
by such of his Grand Officers as he may select, 
each subordinate Lodge in the district in which 



70 DIGEST. 

GRAND OFFICERS. 

he resides. All necessary reasonable expenses 
incurred on such visits shall be paid by this 
Grand Lodge. 

194. The Grand Tice Chancellor is the 
counsellor and assistant of the Grand Chancellor. 
In the absence of the Grand Chancellor he shall 
preside over the Grand Lodge. In case of the 
removal, death, resignation, or inability of the 
Grand Chancellor, the powers of said office shall 
devolve on the Grand Yice Chancellor for the 
time being. 

195. The Grand Recording and Correspond- 
ing Scribe shall keep a just and true record of 
all the proceedings of the Grand Lodge at each 
session, and transmit semi-annually to each sub- 
ordinate Lodge two copies thereof — one for the 
Representative, and the other for the use of the 
Lodge. 

196. He shall preserve the archives, have 
charge of the seal, books, papers, and other 
properties of the Grand Lodge, and deliver the 
same to his successor when required so to do by 
the Grand Lodge. 

197. He shall prepare all charters and dis- 
pensations for subordinate Lodges. 



DIGEST. 71 

GRAND OFFICERS. 

198. He shall notif} r officially all subordinate 
Lodges within the State of all meetings of the 
Grand Lodge. 

199. He shall cany on the necessary corre- 
spondence of the Grand Lodge. 

200. He shall keep a register containing a 
list of all charters granted to subordinate 
Lodges, of all Past Chancellors and Representa- 
tives entitled to seats in the Grand Lodge, and 
of all rejected candidates and suspended mem- 
bers. 

201. He shall attest all official papers and 
documents. 

202. He shall receive all moneys clue to the 
Grand Lodge, and pay them over immediately to 
the Grand Banker, taking his receipt therefor, 
and keep an exact and true account of the same ; 
draw all orders on the Grand Banker for such 
moneys as may be voted by the Grand Lodge, 
and attest the same ; report in writing at the 
annual session, and at other times w T hen so re- 
quired by the Grand Lodge, the condition of the 
funds of the Grand Lodge, and of the accounts 
of the subordinate Lodges; and deliver the books 
to the Finance Committee whenever they may 
demand them. 



72 DIGEST. 

GRAND OFFICERS. 

203. He shall have power to provide him- 
self, at the expense of the Grand Lodge, with 
such books, papers, and stationery, as are neces- 
sary for the fulfilment of his duties. 

204. He shall keep in his office a copy of 
the seal of each subordinate Lodge in his juris- 
diction. 

205. He shall perform such other duties as 
are required by the laws and regulations of the 
Order, and as the Grand Lodge may from time 
to time direct. 

206. He shall give security in such sum as 
the Grand Lodge may determine, and receive 
for the faithful performance of his duties such 
salary as the By-Laws may prescribe. 

207. He shall be furnished with an office, 
have regular hours for the transaction of official 
business, and give notice to the subordinate 
Lodges of the time at which he will so attend. 

208. He shall at each annual session present 
to the Grand Lodge a report of the general con- 
dition of the Order. 

209. The following blanks will be furnished 
by the Grand Recording and Corresponding 
Scribe : 



DIGEST. 73 

GRAND OFFICERS. 

Blank semi-annual returns. 
Blank Fast Chancellors' certificates. 
Blank Representatives' certificates. 
Blank dispensations. 

Blank District Deputy Grand Chancellors' com- 
missions. 

Blank form of applications for charter. 

210. The Grand Banker shall receive all 
funds for the use of the Grand Lodge from the 
Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe, 
giving to him a receipt for the same; pay all 
orders drawn on him by the Grand Chancellor, 
properly attested ; keep the accounts in a proper 
manner, exhibiting the sources and amounts of 
receipts, and the purposes and amounts of dis- 
bursements; and give a statement in writing 
thereof at the stated session, or whenever re- 
quired to do so by the Grand Lodge. At the 
expiration of his term of office, he shall deliver 
all books, papers, and moneys (belonging to the 
Grand Lodge and in his possession) to his suc- 
cessor. Before entering upon the duties of his 
office, he shall give such security for the faithful 
performance of his trust as the Grand Lodge 
may deem satisfactory, and deliver the books to 
the Finance Committee for examination when- 
ever they may demand them. 
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74 DIGEST. 

GRAND OFFICERS. 

211. The Grand Guide shall assist in the 
ceremonies of the Grand Lodge, and in preserv- 
ing order therein ; examine and conduct new 
members and Representatives in the Grand 
Lodge ; and execute the commands of the Grand 
Chancellor. 

212. The Grand Inner Steward shall have 
charge of the inner door ; he shall see that all 
members of the Grand Lodge are clothed in ap- 
propriate regalia before entering the Lodge- 
room. 

213. The Grand Outer Steward shall have 
charge of the outer door; allow no person to 
enter the ante-room without the password, unless 
ordered so to do by the Grand Chancellor; and 
be responsible for the safe-keeping of all the 
regalias, jewels, and other property of the Grand 
Lodge while that body is in session. For the 
faithful performance of his duties, he shall re- 
ceive such sum as the By-Laws may prescribe. 

214. The Grand Representatives shall at- 
tend the sessions of the Supreme Lodge of the 
Knights of Pythias, and therein faithfully rep- 
resent the views, interests, and special instruc- 
tions directed by a vote of the Grand Lodge ; 
make a report in writing of their acts and 



DIGEST. 75 

GRAND OFFICERS. 

doings, and of such matters and transactions of 
the Supreme Lodge as affect the Grand Lodge 
and the well-being of the Order in general, at the 
next succeeding session ; and do and perform 
such other duties appertaining to their official 
stations as are enjoined by the laws, rules, and 
regulations. 

GUIDE. 

215. The Guide shall be elected semi-an- 
nually, at the last stated meetings of the term. 

216. He shall have charge of the properties 
of the Lodge, and be held responsible for their 
safe-keeping. 

217. He shall perform such duties as are re- 
quired by the work of the Order and enjoined by 
the laws, rules, and regulations. 

INCORPORATION. 

218. No subordinate Lodge has the right to 
ask for or receive any act of incorporation, 
whether from the Courts, Legislature, or any 
source whatever. Such an act would be insub- 
ordination, and cause the Grand Lodge to for- 
feit the charter of such Lodge. 



76 DIGEST. 

INITIATION. 

219. The initiation of a person, after having 
been regularly elected, cannot be prevented by 
objections raised after his election, unless the 
objections are sustained by the Lodge. 

INNER STEWARD. 

220. The Inner Steward shall be elected 
semi-annually, at the last stated meetings of the 
term. 

221. He shall perform such duties as are re- 
quired by the work of the Order and enjoined 
by the laws, rules, and regulations. 

INSTALLATION. 

222. The accounts of the term must be 
settled and audited, the semi-annual report made 
out, and the per capita tax due the Grand Lodge 
paid to the installing officers before the installa- 
tion of the officers of a subordinate Lodge can 
take place. 

223. If an officer be not legally nominated 
and elected, the act of installation becomes void. 

224. Any legal expense incurred by the in- 
stalling officer, on the occasion of installation of 
officers in a subordinate Lodge, are paid by the 
Grand Lodge. 



DIGEST. 77 

INSTALLATION. 

225. Officers of the Lodge legally elected (if 
qualified) shall be installed at the first stated 
meeting in the ensuing term. Any officer who 
has been duly elected failing to present himself 
for installation (unless prevented by sickness or 
some other unavoidable occurrence) may have 
the office to which he has been elected declared 
vacant by the installing officer, and another 
election be ordered forthwith to fill the vacancy. 

INSTITUTION OF NEW LODGES. 

226. No Lodge can be instituted unless the 
applicants have possession or control of the par- 
aphernalia necessary for the work of the Order. 

227. At the institution of a new Lodge, the 
applicants must pay the necessary travelling ex- 
penses of the installing officers. 

228. At the institution of a new Lodge, the 
installing officers have no right to initiate 
strangers previous to institution, except in cases 
where the applicants for charter are not Knights. 

LEGISLATION. 

229. It is not the prerogative of any Grand 
Officer, either elective or appointed, to set aside 
during the recess any legislation of the Grand 
Lodge. 



78 DIGEST. 

LOANS. 

230. A Lodge is not bound to refund dona- 
tions or loans made to a member by a sister 
Lodge ; the matter rests altogether with the 
Lodge. 

MAIMED. 

231. Persons so maimed as to be unable to 
perform the work of the Order are not eligible 
to membership. A dispensation can be granted 
to persons who have lost an eye or finger, as it 
does not prevent them performing the work. 

MEETINGS. 

232. The stated meetings of a subordinate 
Lodge shall be held every week, at the place and 
on the day appointed with the approval of the 
Grand Lodge, and shall not be changed without 
such approval ; the hour of meeting to be pre- 
scribed in the By-Laws. 

233. When a meeting of the Lodge has been 
closed, it shall not be reopened except with 
unanimous consent; and if any member has left 
the room subsequent to the closing, it shall not 
be reopened. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

234. A Lodge cannot initiate into the mys- 
teries of the Order any person who is not a 



DIGEST. 79 

MEMBERSHIP. 

white male, over twenty-one and under fifty 
years of age, of good moral character, with all 
his parts, healthy, sound, and free from any 
mental or bodily infirmity, able and competent 
to earn the means necessary for the support of 
himself and family, and a believer in the Su- 
preme Creator and Preserver of the universe, 
nor for a less sum than the amount prescribed. 

235. Each application for membership shall 
be accompanied with not less than $5, (except 
when from a brother of the Order with his with- 
drawal card, not less than $2.50,) be signed by 
the applicant, state his age, occupation, and 
residence, with the recommendation of two 
Knights, members of good standing in the 
Lodge; which application shall be read at a 
stated meeting, entered on the record, and re- 
ferred to a Committee of three members, 
Knights, (neither of whom shall have recom- 
mended the applicant,) to make the necessary in- 
vestigations, and report as to the character and 
other qualifications of the applicant for mem- 
bership at the next stated meeting. 

236. Every applicant for membership re- 
ported upon by the Committee shall be balloted 
for separately, at a stated meeting ; and all the 



80 DIGEST. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

balls deposited being white, or not more than 
one black, the Worthy Chancellor shall declare 
the applicant elected. Should two or more 
black balls appear against a candidate, the bal- 
lot shall be renewed immediately; but if there 
have been two or more deposited on the second 
ballot, he shall be declared rejected ; and no 
other balloting for the same applicant shall take 
place in any Lodge of the Order within the 
jurisdiction until the expiration of six months 
thereafter, when another application for mem- 
bership may be received from the rejected appli- 
cant. 

237. It is legal to receive applications for 
membership on the night of closing the charter, 
at charter rates, and to ballot for them on the 
next stated meeting of the Lodge. 

238. Every applicant elected to membership, 
failing to present himself for initiation or admis- 
sion within four stated meetings of the Lodge 
after being notified of his election, (unless pre- 
vented by sickness or some other unavoidable 
occurrence,) shall forfeit the amount that has 
been paid by him to the Lodge. 

239. Members of any defunct Lodge who 
were in good standing at the time of dissolution 



DIGEST. 81 

MEMBERSHIP. 

may be admitted into any other Lodge, after 
having applied to and received from the Grand 
Lodge a card signed by the Grand Chancellor, 
and countersigned by the Grand Recording and 
Corresponding Scribe, with the seal of the Grand 
Lodge attached. The application for such card 
must be accompanied by the fee of $2, the card 
to hold good twelve months. 

240. A member of the Order, notified to 
appear before a Committee, or to produce books, 
documents, papers, or other articles in his pos- 
session or under his control, shall attend at the 
time and place specified, and continue his attend- 
ance until dismissed, or subject himself to a 
charge for contempt, and be fined or suspended, 
as may be determined on complaint of the 
Committee. 

241. An alien may make application for 
membership. 

242. A verbal application for membership 
cannot be received by any Lodge. 

243. A person wishing to become a member 
of a Lodge remote from his place of residence, 
the Lodge to which he makes application must 
give immediate notice to the Lodge or Lodges 
in the vicinity of the applicant's residence ; if, at 



82 DIGEST. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

the expiration of two weeks from the date of 
such notice, no reply is received, a Committee 
may then be appointed to proceed in regular 
form. If, however, a reply is received from the 
Lodge or Lodges notified, setting forth any ob- 
jections as to the personal character, health, or 
other qualifications of the applicant, then the 
Lodge having entertained the proposition shall 
appoint a Committee, who shall investigate the 
objections so made, giving due notice thereof to 
the objecting Lodge, and report upon the facts 
in the case. If these objections, after careful 
investigation, be not sustained, the applicant 
may be elected and initiated as before provided. 

244. An application for membership cannot 
be withdrawn when a part of the Committee of 
Investigation into the fitness of the candidate 
report favorably and the remainder unfavorably 
upon such application. In such cases a ballot 
must be had. 

245. A person who is unable to sign his 
own petition is ineligible to membership in this 
Order. 

246. A brother of the Order, wishing to 
join a Lodge on card, must, in addition to his 
card, present an application duly signed by 



DIGEST. 83 

MEMBERSHIP. 

him, and indorsed by two members of the 
Knight's degree. 

MILEAGE. 

247. No Representative is entitled to mileage 
unless he be present at one of the regular roll- 
calls on the first or second day of the session. 

MINUTES. 

248. The minutes should be a correct record 
of the proceedings of the Lodge at its sessions, 
and when read by the Recording Scribe, they 
can only be objected to on the ground of incor- 
rectness. The legality or illegality of the pro- 
ceedings is a matter over which the Recording 
Scribe has no control. He must make up his 
record, and the Lodge must approve if that is 
correctly kept. 

249. The question of the legality or uncon- 
stitutionality of the business of the Lodge cannot 
be considered when the question before the 
Lodge is upon the approval of the minutes, but 
must be brought up under the head of new 
business. 

MOTIONS. 

250. A motion to adjourn is alwaj^s in order 
after the regular Lodge business is gone through, 



84 DIGEST. 

MOTIONS. 

which motion shall be decided without debate ; 
but if decided in the affirmative, it is no adjourn- 
ment until the Lodge is closed in due form. 

251. A motion to lie on the table shall be 
decided without debate. 

252. A motion having been regularly made, 
the Worthy Chancellor ma} 7 -, if he deem proper, 
silently second it by saying "it has been moved 
and seconded," without waiting for the motion 
to be formally seconded. 

NAME. 

253. The name or initials of the Order can- 
not be used for any other purpose than the 
business of the Order. 

254. No new Lodge shall be allowed to be 
named after any person living at the time of its 
institution. 

NOMINATIONS. 

255. Nominations for candidates for the 
several elective offices in a subordinate Lodge 
shall be made at the two stated meetings of the 
Lodge immediately preceding the election, and 
any candidate nominated on the day or night of 
election shall be considered ineligible, unless 



DIGEST. 85 

NOMINATION. 

some unforeseen circumstance renders it neces- 
sary ; the presiding officer shall not close the 
nominations until every member present has had 
an opportunity to be heard, nor shall a qualified 
member, duly nominated, be excluded from the 
list of nominees because he is not present. 

NOMINEES. 

256. It is the duty of the Grand Recording- 
and Corresponding Scribe to notify all brothers 
nominated for offices in the Grand Lodge of such 
nomination within thirty days thereafter, omit- 
ting the names of all who have not signified^ 
their acceptance by the 1st of October ensuing.. 

OFFICERS. 

257. A brother having served a majority of 
nights in an office and subsequently resigned his 
position, is not qualified to fill a higher office if 
elected thereto by his Lodge. 

258. To be advanced, an officer must be 
present and serve in his official position a ma- 
jority of the nights in a term, unless prevented 
by sickness or some unavoidable occurrence 
satisfactory to the Lodge, and unless elected to 
fill a vacancy. 

259. To remove an officer for non-attendance 



86 DIGEST. 

OFFICERS. 

or gross neglect of duty, he should be notified 
(Ity a notice properly attested) to appear at a regu- 
lar stated session (not less than one week there- 
after) and show cause why his office should not 
be vacated. Should he not appear at the time 
stated, or should he fail to present a constitu- 
tional excuse, the Lodge may, by a two-thirds 
vote, declare him removed from office, and pro- 
ceed to fill the vacanc} r . 

OUTER STEWARD. 

280. The Outer Steward shall be elected 
annually, at the time prescribed by law. 

261. He shall perform such duties as are re- 
quired by the work of the Order and enjoined 
by the laws, rules, and regulations; and receive 
for his services such compensation as the By- 
Laws may prescribe. 

PAST CHANCELLOR. 

262. The Recording Scribe, Financial Scribe, 
Banker, and Outer Steward, having served to the 
end of the term from institution of the Lodge 
without compensation, at installation of their 
successors for second term become Past Chan- 
cellors. 

263. A Past Chancellor, whether by dispen- 



DIGEST. 87 

PAST CHANCELLOR. 

sation or otherwise, may be elected to the office 
of Worthy Chancellor, and is also qualified to 
hold the office of Representative at the same 
time. 

264. If a Past Chancellor presents himself 
for admission to the Grand Lodge and his certi- 
ficate is not on file in the office of the Grand 
Recording Scribe, the report of his Lodge can- 
not be taken as evidence that he is a Past Chan- 
cellor and entitle him to admission. The law 
expressly states that previous to being admitted 
as a member of the Grand Lodge, he must pre- 
sent his certificate under seal of his Lodge, at- 
tested by the Worthy Chancellor and Recording 
Scribe. 

PENALTIES. 

265, There is no such penalty as " expul- 
sion" in the Order. 

286. A member having been found guilty 
of a charge, the law prescribing that he may be 
either fined, removed from office, or suspended, 
and a vote having been taken upon one or both 
of the first two penalties, and decided in the 
negative, the third or last penalty is thereby not 
imposed : a ballot must be taken thereon in 
proper form, for a refusal on the part of a 



88 DIGEST. 

PENALTIES. 

Lodge to impose the lesser penalties does not, 
of necessity, inflict the greater. 

267. Whilst it is in the province of a Lodge 
to give instructions to its officers to perform 
duties which are of a benefit to the Lodge, yet 
it has no right to inflict penalties by a simple 
resolution for a violation of duties prescribed by 
that resolution, and originated in it. This 
should be engrafted in a by-law. 

PETITIONS. 

268. All Lodges under this jurisdiction that 
may circulate, among their sister Lodges, any 
petition for aid for distressed members or their 
families, shall have printed upon such petition 
a correct statement of the amount of the avail- 
able funds of the Lodge, otherwise the Grand 
Chancellor must refuse to sanction the circula- 
tion. 

269. AH communications, petitions, and 
memorials shall be presented through a mem- 
ber of the Lodge, or by the presiding officer, 
and a brief statement of their contents shall be 
entered on the minutes. » 

POSTAGE. 

270. Any expense for postage or expressage 
in transmitting the benefits or communications 



DIGEST. 89 

POSTAGE. 

to a member located at a distance from the 
Lodge must be defrayed by such member. 

PRESIDING OFFICER. 

271. The Vice Chancellor or Past Chancel- 
lor who may occupy the chair of the Worthy 
Chancellor in the absence of the Worthy Chan- 
cellor is invested for the time being with all the 
power and authority of that officer. 

272. In the absence of both the Worthy 
Chancellor and Yice Chancellor, the senior Past 
Chancellor present shall take the chair, but if 
no Past Chancellor be present, any member of 
good standing, having the Knight's degree, may 
be chosen to preside by the majority of the mem- 
bers present. 

PROBATION. 

273. It is a constitutional requirement of 
eveiy Lodge in this jurisdiction to set forth in 
their By-Laws a probationary period, or, in 
other words, a certain time to expire previous 
to members of the Knight's degree becoming 
beneficial ; this is done in order to create a fund 
to place the Lodge upon a firm and solid basis ; 
and a member becoming sick or disabled pend- 
ing the time of probation fixed in the By-Laws 



90 DIGEST. 

PROBATION. 

would not be entitled to weekly benefits until the 
expiration of the time as set forth in the By- 
Laws ; yet any brother if taken sick or disabled 
after having been initiated into the Order he 
becomes a charity member, subject (if in dis- 
tressed circumstances) to such donations of 
charity as the Lodge may see fit to donate : Pro- 
vided, He is not disqualified as set forth in the 
laws of the Order ; and provided always, That 
his disability is not of a permanent character. 
This exempts all of a permanent character, and 
includes those of a temporary or local character. 
This is intended to prevent members from claim- 
ing benefits where other men similarly afflicted 
continue plying at their vocations. 

PROCESSIONS. 

274, A Lodge shall not make a public dis- 
play, (except on the occasion of a funeral,) 
without permission from the Grand Lodge, or, 
during the recess, from the Grand Chancellor ; 
and when in procession of any kind, it shall be 
under the guidance of its marshals, and proceed 
according to the laws, rules, and regulations. 

PYTHIAN PERIOD. 

275. The "Pythian Period" dates back, 
and commences on the 19th day of February, 



DIGEST. 91 

PYTHIAN PERIOD. 

1864; and each and every year thereafter, and to 
come, shall succeed in regular numerical order, 
commencing on the 19th day of February of 
each year. 

QUESTION. 

276. Any member may call for a division of 
the question when the sense will admit of it ; 
but a motion to strike out and insert shall be 
indivisible, except at the option of the mover. 

277. A question shall not be subject to de- 
bate until it has been seconded and stated from 
the chair ; and it shall be reduced to writing at 
the request of any member. 

278. When a question is before the Lodge, no 
motion shall be in order except to adjourn, for 
the previous question, to postpone indefinitely, 
to postpone for a certain time, to divide, to com- 
mit, or to amend ; which motions shall severally 
have precedence in the order herein arranged. 

279. On the call of seven members, debate 
shall cease and a vote be taken on the motion or 
question under debate. 

280. On the call of seven members, a ma- 
jority of the Lodge may demand the previous 
question, which shall always be in this form — 



92 DIGEST. 

QUESTION. 

" Shall the main question be put ?" — and until 
it is decided, shall preclude all amendments and 
all further debate. 

281. When a question is postponed indefi- 
nitely, it shall not be acted on during that or 
the next succeeding stated meeting ; if in the 
Grand Lodge, it may be acted on at the next 
succeeding session. 

QUORUM. 

282. It requires seven Knights to constitute 
a quorum. 

READMISSION. 

283. In any case when a charter may be 
refused, the petitioners are entitled, if Knights, 
to readmission into their several Lodges upon 
payment of dues from the date of their respective 
cards. 

RECESS. 

284. A recess cannot be declared while the 
paraphernalia is exposed. 

RECONSIDER. 

285. A motion to reconsider must be made 
at the same meeting at which it was adopted, 



DIGEST. 93 

RECONSIDER. 

and by a member who voted with the majority 
in the first instance. 

286. A by-law passed by the constitutional 
two-thirds of the legal votes present cannot be 
reconsidered by a majority vote, though it may 
not have been sent up for approval. The same 
method of repealing the law as was pursued in 
passing it must be adhered to, to legalty annul 
the same. 

RECORDING SCRIBE. 

287. The Recording Scribe shall be elected 
annually at the time prescribed by law. 

288. He shall keep an accurate record of all 
proceedings of the Lodge. 

289. He shall make out the report of the 
work and business of the Lodge for the Grand 
Lodge, and other documents and notices. 

290. He shall notify the Grand Recording 
and Corresponding Scribe of all rejections of 
candidates, and of suspensions (except for non- 
payment of dues) and reinstatements of members. 

291. He shall attest all bills or drafts on the 
Banker. 

292. He shall have charge of the corre- 
pondence, records, and seal of the Lodge. 



94 DIGEST. 

RECORDING SCRIBE. 

293. He shall perform such other duties as 
are enjoined by the laws, rules, and regulations 
of the Order ; and receive for his compensation 
such sum as the By-Laws may prescribe. 

REFUND. 

294. A member reported to his Lodge as 
being sick, the Lodge paying him benefits, but 
subsequently discover that he was in arrears at 
the time he was reported, cannot be compelled to 
refund the amount paid to him ; this being a 
voluntary act on the part of the Lodge, it must 
bear the loss. 

295. Dues paid in advance by members with- 
drawing by card, or by deceased members, must 
be refunded by the Lodge to the proper parties. 

REGALIA. 

298. It is the duty of the officers to be 
clothed in the regalia of the office they hold, and 
they must occupy their chair or station in the 
Lodge in order to participate in the proceedings 
thereof; and the Worthy Chancellor is not re- 
quired to recognize any officer unless properly 
clothed, and at his proper station. 

297. A Past Chancellor occupying a subor- 



DIGEST. 95 

REGALIA. 

diuate office in a Lodge must wear the regalia 
belonging to such office. 

298. The working regalia shall be as follows : 
For Pages, a blue collar; for Esquires, yellow 
collar; for Knights, a red collar; for Venerable 
Patriarch, a black velvet collar, with silver fringe 
one and a half inches long, and silver lace border 
on inner edge half inch wide, and an open Bible, 
embroidered in silver on the left side ; for Worthy 
Chancellor, a collar of scarlet velvet, trimmed in 
the same manner as the Venerable Patriarch's, 
with crossed gavels on the left side ; for Vice 
Chancellor, the same as the Wortlry Chancellor's, 
with single gavel; for Recording Scribe, the 
same as the Vice Chancellor's, with crossed pens, 
omitting the fringe ; for Financial Scribe, the 
same as the Recording Scribe's, with pen and key 
crossed ; for Banker, the same as the Financial 
Scribe's, with crossed keys ; for Guide, the same 
as the Banker's, with crossed staffs ; for Inner 
Steward, the same as the Guide's, with crossed 
swords ; for Outer Steward, the same as the 
Inner Steward's, with single sword ; for Past 
Chancellor, scarlet velvet collar, trimmed with 
gold fringe. 

293. Representatives to the Grand Lodge 
wear scarlet velvet collars, trimmed with gold 



96 DIGEST. 

REGALIA. 

fringe, and the number of the Lodge which they 
represent embroidered thereon. 

300. The Venerable Grand Patriarch wears 
a black velvet collar with gold fringe ; and the 
rest of the Grand Officers, scarlet velvet collars, 
with same fringe, each officer's collar having 
embroidered thereon (in gold) the insignia of 
office. 

301. Representatives to the Supreme Lodge 
wear black velvet collars, trimmed with gold 
fringe, and the letters S. R. (embroidered in 
gold) on the collar. 

302. Past Grand Chancellors wear black 
velvet collars, trimmed with gold fringe, and the 
letters P. G. C. embroidered thereon. 

303. For District Deputy Grand Chancellor, 
the working regalia shall be a red velvet collar, 
trimmed with gold fringe, and the letters D. G. 
C. embroidered thereon in gold. 

REINSTATEMENTS. 

304. The arrearages due by a member who 
has been suspended for non-payment of dues, 
and who applies for reinstatement, are simply the 
amount due at the time of his suspension. Each 
Lodge can, however, regulate by its own By- 



DIGEST. 97 

REINSTATEMENTS. 

Laws what additional amount shall be charged 
or penalty imposed upon his reinstatement. 

305. In balloting on the report of a Com- 
mittee upon the application of a suspended 
member (except for suspension for non-payment 
of dues) to be restored to membership before the 
term of suspension has expired, two-thirds of the 
votes cast are necessary to reinstate, provided 
permission of the Grand Lodge is first obtained. 

306. After a member has been elected for 
reinstatement, it is not necessary for him to be 
introduced to the Lodge ; he is considered re- 
instated by merely liquidating the amount pre- 
scribed by the By-Laws. 

REJECTIONS. 

307. Candidates for membership being re- 
jected in a certain Lodge, cannot become charter 
members or apply for initiation in another Lodge 
before the expiration of six months. 

308. When an applicant for membership has 
been rejected, notice of his rejection must be 
immediately sent by the Recording Scribe to the 
office of the Grand Recording and Corresponding 
Scribe, and the amount accompanying his appli- 
cation be refunded 



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98 DIGEST. 

RELATIVE. 

309. The term " competent relative" is de- 
fined as follows : 

1. The wife, if competent, not being mentally 
deranged or otherwise unfitted to take charge of 
and make proper disposition of the fund. (There 
being no wife :) 

2. The oldest adult male or female child. 
(There being no adult children:) 

3. The minor children, the Worthy Chancellor 
acting for them. (There being no children :) 

4. The father. (There being no father:) 

5. The mother. (There being no mother:) 

6. The brothers and sisters. 

RELIEF COMMITTEE. 

310. It is the duty of the Relief Committee 
to officially inform a brother who becomes sick, 
and who is not entitled to benefits, that he is 
not entitled, stating the cause, in order that he 
may, should he consider himself aggrieved by 
the action of the Lodgi, proceed without delay 
to have his case investigated. 

REMOVALS. 

311. Any officer may be removed for inat- 
tention to the duties of his station, or conduct 
unbecoming his standing in the Order ; and va~ 



DIGEST. 99 

EEMOVALS. 

cancies occurring by reason of death, resigna- 
tion, or otherwise, shall be filled in the manner 
of the original selection, to serve for the re- 
mainder of the term only: the officer so serving 
shall be entitled to the full honors of the term. 
Every officer against whom charges are preferred 
shall have a fair and impartial trial in accord- 
ance with the law r s, rules, and regulations of the 
Order, but he shall officiate until the charges 
have been settled, unless otherwise ordered by 
the Lodge. 

312. To remove an officer requires the con- 
currence of two-thirds of the ballots cast. 

REPORT, (Semi- Annual.) 

313. The Grand Recording and Correspond- 
ing Scribe shall furnish each subordinate Lodge 
of this jurisdiction with two blank copies of the 
semi-annual report, one of which is to be filled 
out and marked original, and forwarded to the 
Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe, 
and the other to be filled out in like manner, and 
marked duplicate, and filed in the archives of 
the Lodge. 

REPRESENTATIVE. 

314. Representatives to the Grand Lodge 
must be Past Chancellors in good standing, and 



100 DIGEST. 

REPRESENTATIVE. 

shall be elected annually by the members of the 
subordinate Lodges under its jurisdiction. 

315. A Worth}' Chancellor (unless previously 
a Past Chancellor) cannot be elected Represent- 
ative to the Grand Lodge. 

316. A Representative is not entitled to 
wear his badge of office in his subordinate 
Lodge. 

317. Fines, if imposed upon Representatives 
for absence from the session of the Grand Lodge 
without leave, must be deducted from their 
mileage. 

318. A Past Chancellor elected by his 
Lodge as its Representative, but has never been 
admitted to the Grand Lodge, and whose certifi- 
cate of Past Chancellor is not on file in the office 
of the Grand Recording and Corresponding 
Scribe, cannot be admitted on his certificate as 
Representative ; he must produce both. 

319. In all contests or protests as to the 
legality of the election of Representatives to the 
Grand Lodge, the members of the Order so con- 
testing or protesting must in the first instance 
do so in their subordinate Lodges : failing to 
receive justice therein, or being aggrieved at the 
decision of their Lodge, the right of appeal to 



DIGEST. 101 

REPRESENTATIVE. 

the Grand Lodge should then be exercised 
within the constitutional period. 

320. A Representative shall receive the in- 
structions of the Lodge, and faithfully represent 
its interests in the Grand Lodge. 

RESCIND. 

321. To rescind a resolution passed at a 
previous session requires a two-thirds vote. 

RESIGNATION. 

322. Any officer has the right to offer his 
resignation to the Lodge of any office to which 
he has been elected. The Lodge also has the 
right to accept the resignation of any elective 
officer on the night upon which it is offered, 
unless the By-Laws of the Lodge otherwise 
order. 

323. A Lodge may accept the resignation of 
a member of Committee on Charges, and the 
vacancy created thereby must be filled in the 
manner of original selection of the Committee. 

324. A Lodge cannot, by any act, sever the 
connection of a member of the Order with the 
Order. A member who is clear upon the books, 
and under no charges under the penal laws of 
the Order, must, on application, have a with- 



102 DIGEST. 

RESIGNATION. 

drawal card granted him, which severs his con- 
nection with the Lodge, whether the card be 
taken or not ; but a Lodge cannot receive a 
resignation from the Order. 

RESOLUTION. 

325. The mover of a resolution has not the 
right to construe the same, or determine its 
meaning and intention. 

RESTORATION. 

326. When the Lodge has indefinitely sus- 
pended a member, (except for non-payment of 
dues,) he shall not be restored to membership in 
the same or any other Lodge, except by permis- 
sion from the Grand Lodge. 

327. All funds and effects received by the 
Grand Lodge from a dissolved or suspended 
Lodge shall be restored in the event of it being 
reinstated, which reinstatement may be done by 
a majority vote of the Grand Lodge, at a stated 
or special session. 

RETIRING. 

328. A member of the Grand Lodge cannot 
leave the room during the reading of any docu- 
ment or the pending of any question before the 
Chair. 



DIGEST. 103 

RETIRING. 

329. During the session of a Lodge or a re- 
cess, a brother is not required to address the 
Chair on retiring to the ante-room; but the 
Worthy Chancellor must first order the outer 
door to be secured so that none can depart from 
the jurisdiction of the Lodge and its officers. 

RETURNS. 

330. At the close of every term, the Lodge 
shall report to the Grand Lodge the number of 
initiations, names of brothers admitted by card, 
suspended, and the cause thereof, rejected or 
deceased; a list of all Past Chancellors not en- 
titled to the privileges and benefits ; all brothers 
and widowed families relieved, brothers buried, 
with the amount of money appropriated for each 
of these purposes ; the number of orphans being 
educated, designating the schools to which they 
are sent, the amount paid for the same ; the 
amount of receipts, specifying what fund ; the 
amount of contingent expenses, and tax due the 
Grand Lodge; the total amount on hand, sep- 
arating the general and widows' and orphans' 
fund ; the amount invested ; and the result of the 
election for officers, according to the form fur- 
nished by the Grand Lodge ; which report shall 
be properly attested, and the order for the tax 



104 DiaEST. 

RETURNS. 

be drawn and delivered to the installing officer 
previous to installation. 

331. A sitting Worthy Chancellor has not 
the right to sign a report returning himself as a 
Past Chancellor, he not having previously passed 
the Worthy Chancellor's chair. The return is 
to be made of the proceedings of the term then 
expiring, and must be signed by the officers in 
the capacity they then fill. 

332. It is the duty of the Grand Scribe to 
notify every Lodge which fails to send its 
returns and tax within fifteen days after the 
proper time for installation of officers. 

333. The semi-annual reports require each 
Lodge to report the number of Pages, Esquires, 
and Knights in good standing, and the number 
who are not in good standing, and the number of 
Past Chancellors in good standing, and the 
number not in good standing. A Page, Esquire, 
Knight, or Past Chancellor who is in arrears for 
three months dues or more is not in good 
standing, and must be returned accordingly. 

REVOKE. 

334. The Grand Chancellor has not the 
power to revoke the business of a subordinate 
Lodge between its sessions. 



DIGEST. 105 

SALARY. 

335. A Lodge cannot raise or lower the 
salary of officers pending the term for which 
said officers were elected. 

SEAL. 

336. Each Lodge must have an official seal 
with appropriate devices, which shall be affixed 
to withdrawal cards, certificates, and other offi- 
cial documents and papers issued by and under 
authority of the Lodge, an impression of which 
shall be deposited in the office of the Grand Re- 
cording and Corresponding Scribe. 

337. It is not legal for a subordinate Lodge 
to adopt a seal on the face of which any part of 
the secret work is exposed. 

338. The seal of a Lodge cannot be used 
except on official documents of the Lodge. 

S. A. P. W. 

339. A member in good standing, residing 
at a distance from his Lodge, or travelling, is 
entitled to the S. A. P. W.; and it is the duty of 
the Worthy Chancellor of the Lodge to which 
the brother belongs, upon proper application 
being made, to furnish the brother with a cer- 
tificate directed to the nearest Lodge to his resi- 



106 DIGEST. 

S. A. P. W. 

dence or abode, requesting them, on proper 
examination, to impart the S. A. P. W. The 
Worthy Chancellor is alone authorized to com- 
municate the term P. W. or cause it to be 
communicated to members. 

SPEAK. 

340. It is not legal for a Lodge to pass a 
law preventing a brother from speaking or 
voting on the night of his admission as a 
Knight. 

341. A member shall not be permitted to 
speak or vote unless clothed in regalia suitable 
for his rank and station in the Lodge. 

342. Each member speaking shall stand and 
respectfully address the Chair, confine himself to 
the question under debate, and avoid all person- 
alities, indecorous or sarcastic language. 

343. A member shall not be interrupted 
while speaking, except to call him to order for 
words spoken, or for the purpose of explanation. 

344. If a member while speaking be called 
to order, he shall, at the request of the Chair, 
take his seat until the question of order is deter- 
mined, when, if permitted, he may proceed 
again. 



DIGEST. 107 

SPEAK. 

345. A member shall not speak more than 
once on the same subject or question, until all 
who wish to speak may have had an oppor- 
tunity to do so, nor more than twice without 
permission from the Chair; and every member 
speaking shall designate the officer or member 
spoken of by his proper rank or title, according 
to his standing in the Order. 

STATE LINES. 

346. Lodges in the State of Pennsylvania 
have no right to initiate persons residing in a sis- 
ter jurisdiction. State lines must be respected. 

347. If a person residing on the borders of 
this State is desirous of connecting himself with 
a Lodge under the jurisdiction of an adjoining 
State, said Lodge being nearest his place of 
residence, he may, with the consent of the 
Grand Chancellor, make application to a Lodge 
in an adjoining jurisdiction; the consent of the 
Grand Chancellor must accompany the applica- 
tion. 

SUMMONS. 

34S. Any member of the Order summoned 
as a witness, or to produce such books or papers 
as may be required, neglecting or refusing to 



108 DIGEST. 

SUMMONS. 

obey such summons, may be fined or suspended 
at the option of the Lodge to which such refrac- 
tory member may belong. 

SUSPENSIONS. 

349. When a suspended member of a sub- 
ordinate Lodge is restored to membership 
therein by a mandate of the Grand Lodge, he is 
required to pay all dues accruing during the 
time of suspension. 

350. A member being over twelve months 
in arrears for dues, the Financial Scribe must 
report the fact in open Lodge that he owes for 
twelve months dues or more, and is liable to 
suspension. One week thereafter the Worthy 
Chancellor may declare him suspended, unless he 
pays or causes to be paid a sum sufficient to re- 
duce the amount below twelve months dues. 
jNTo vote of the Lodge is required. 

351. A member suspended for a definite 
period, under the penal laws of our Order, must 
pay his dues during such suspension, and all 
moneys sent by him to the Lodge must be 
placed to his credit, and at the expiration of the 
term of suspension he is entitled to all his rights 
and privileges in the Lodge and the Order, 
without any action of the Lodge ; yet, pending 



DIGEST. 109 

SUSPENSIONS. 

his suspension from the Lodge, should he com- 
mit the same offence or other offences against 
the laws of the Lodge or the Order, he is liable 
to have charges preferred against him in the 
Lodge at the expiration of the term of suspen- 
sion, or the Lodge can ask of the Grand Chan- 
cellor a dispensation to revoke the term of sus- 
pension, which, if granted, the Lodge can, by a 
two-thirds vote of the members present concur- 
ring, revoke the term of suspension, and imme- 
diately prefer charges against him, and if found 
guilty, after due trial, punish. 

352. Suspension for an indefinite period is 
prohibited. 

353. The Worthy Chancellor has not the 
right to suspend an officer under any considera- 
tion. 

354. To suspend a member for a definite 
period requires two-thirds of the ballots cast. 

355. When a Lodge is suspended or dis- 
solved, the Worthy Chancellor, or, if there is 
none, its senior officer, shall deliver up the char- 
ter or dispensation, books, jewels, funds, em- 
blems, regalia, and other property and effects to 
the Grand Chancellor or his deputy ; and any 
officer or member, having any of the said prop- 

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110 DIGEST. 

SUSPENSIONS. 

erty or effects, refusing to surrender the same, 
may be forever excluded from membership in the 
Order, even though his Lodge should be rein- 
stated. 

356. A suspended member is virtually de- 
prived of all the rights and privileges in the 
Lodge and the Order ; it is therefore illegal to 
insert the name of such suspended member on 
the printed roll of members which may be at- 
tached to the By-Laws. 

TAX. 

357. The per capita tax must be paid on all 
members who have not been formally suspended 
from the Lodge on or before the last meeting in 
each term. 

358. Subordinate Lodges shall pay to the 
Grand Lodge semi-annually, as dues, ten cents 
per capita tax for every member on the roll. 

TERM. 

359. A term is six months, terminating at 
the election of officers ; when, if the fines or 
funeral tax are not paid on either of the above 
nights specified, they are to be charged as dues 



DIGEST. Ill 

TESTIMONY. 

360. During the trial of charges it is per- 
fectly legal for the Committee or Lodge to re- 
ceive testimony from persons not members of the 
Order, always, however, with discrimination as 
to the manner of taking it, and the weight to be 
given to it. 

TRUSTEES OP GRAND LODGE. 

361. The Trustees shall have the charge and 
general supervision of the funds, investments, 
and other property belonging to the Grand 
Lodge, in order that they may look after its ma- 
terial interests and welfare ; receive and hold the 
bonds and securities of such Grand Officers as 
are required to give them for the faithful dis- 
charge of their official duties ; invest in such 
loans, stocks, or other securities as the Grand 
Lodge may direct, all money ordered to be 
drawn from the Grand Banker for that purpose, 
and deposit the securities received with the 
Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe, to 
be placed in possession of the Grand Banker for 
safe-keeping ; call in, sell, and realize all such 
loans, stocks, and other investments whenever 
the Grand Lodge shall order the same to be 
done ; collect all the interest, dividends, rents, 
and other money arising or accruing from any 
and all the investments belonging to the Grand 



112 DIGEST. 

TRUSTEES OF GRAND LODGE. 

Lodge ; pay all money collected by them to the 
Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe ; 
and report their transactions in writing to the 
Grand Lodge at the earliest practicable oppor- 
tunity thereafter. 

TRUSTEES OF SUBORDINATE LODGE. 

362. There shall be three Trustees of a 
subordinate Lodge, one of whom shall be elected 
to serve for the term of eighteen months at the 
last stated meeting of the term, in such manner 
as to have two remaining over at each election. 

363. The Trustees shall be charged whh the 
general supervision and care of the funds, in- 
vestments, and other Lodge property, in order 
that they may look after its material interests 
and welfare ; invest in such loans, stocks, or 
other securities as the Lodge may direct, all 
mone}^ ordered to be drawn from the Banker for 
the purpose, and deposit the vouchers with the 
Financial Scribe to be placed in possession of 
the Banker for safe-keeping ; call in, sell, and 
realize all such loans, stocks, and other invest- 
ments whenever the Lodge may order the same 
to be done ; collect all the interest, dividends, 
rents, and other money arising or accruing from 
any and all the investments belonging to the 



DIGEST. 113 

TRUSTEES OF SUBORDINATE LODGE. 

Lodge ; pay the money collected by them to the 
Financial Scribe ; and report their transactions 
to the Lodge at the next stated meeting succeed- 
ing the election for officers at the close of every 
term, and make an inventory of all properties of 
the Lodge. 

364. The Worthy Chancellor, Yice Chan- 
cellor, Recording Scribe, Financial Scribe, and 
Banker are not eligible to serve as Trustee of the 
Lodge ; being the executive and financial officers 
of the Lodge, their acts may be subject to exami- 
nation, and it would not be right or proper for 
either of them to examine and pass upon their 
own official doings. 

UNIFORM. 

Full Gala and Inspection Dress. 

365. Coat, pants, sword, belt, baldric, cloak, 
gorget, gauntlet cuffs, gloves, helmet and ori- 
flamme, (with fatigue cap, covered, hung to belt.) 

Ordinary Parade Dress. 

366. Coat, pants, sword, belt, baldric, gaunt- 
let cuffs, gloves, helmet and oriflamme, (with 
fatigue cap, covered, suspended from sword belt.) 

Fatigue Dress. 

367. Coat, pants, sword, belt, fatigue cap, 
(uncovered,) and white gloves. 




ORDINARY PARADE DRESS. 



DIGEST. 115 

UNIFORM. 

Coat. 

368. Black cloth, cut military st}^le, single- 
breasted, standing collar, (with a half roll to the 
sixth button from the bottom,) nine buttons in 
front, two behind, length to knee, side edges 
plain, hook-and-eye at neck gorge, seam plain, 
two buttons at cuff, buttons flat, black silk 
lasting. 

Pantaloons. 

369. Black cloth, or doeskin cassimere, of 
uniform style. 

Cloak. 

370. A half-cloak — a cavalier — or cape of 
appropriate material, make, and color, embla- 
zoned thereon, embroidered on proper colored 
cloth or velvet, the crest of the Order ; to be worn 
over the left shoulder and back, fastened by a 
cord and tassel of appropriate color. The " gor- 
get" worn with the same made of three triangu- 
lar points ; one of which will be scarlet, one sky- 
blue, and one orange. Pendant to the point of 
each proper color will be the appropriate letter, 
in solid white metal. The gorget to be separate, 
and fastened on by buttoning under collar of 
cape or by cord and tassel. 

For members and subordinate officers, inclu- 



116 DIGEST. 

UNIFORM. 

Cloak, 
sive of Worthy Chancellor: cloak dark blue, 
crest scarlet. 

For Past Chancellors and Grand Officers, (of 
less rank than Grand Chancellor :) cloak orange, 
crest blue. 

For Grand and Past Grand Chancellors: cloak 
scarlet, crest blue. 

For Supreme and Past Supreme Chancellors: 
cloak purple, crest gold. 

Helmet. 
371. White metal, of lightest possible dura- 
ble construction, regulation shape, wide scales 





and feather socket at the top, triangular in shape, 
with point of triangle to the front. 

Plume. 
372. In shape an oriflamme, of three stand- 



DIGEST. 117 

UNIFORM. 

Plume, 
ing feathers, upper end curling to the front, and 
to be worn according to rank, as follows : 

For Pages, one " blue " feather on front point 
of socket. 

For Esquires, one " blue," one "yellow" 
feather at rear point of socket. 

For Knights and subordinate Lodge officers, 
one "red," (at front point of socket,) one "yel- 
low," one " blue " feather, (at rear points of 
socket.) 

For Past Chancellors, three "blue " feathers. 

For Grand Officers, three "j-ellow " feathers. 

For Past Grand Chancellors, three " red " 
feathers, en double or echelon. 

For Supreme and Past Supreme Chancellors, 
three " white " feathers, en triple or echelon. 




Cap. 
373. Present navy style, black cloth, three 
to three and one-half inches height of crown, nar- 
row, black leather straps fastened at sides with 



118 DIGEST. 

UNIFORM. 

Cap. 
shield-shaped buttons. The crest or escutcheon 
of the Order on the front, and gold or silver 
lace running around the band of the cap, ac- 
cording to rank of wearer. 

Escutcheon and Lace. 

374. For Knights, Esquires, and Pages, 
silver-plated metal, shield-shaped escutcheon, and 
three linge silver lace. 

For subordinate officers, inclusive of Worthy 
Chancellors, shield-shaped, embroidered escut- 
cheon, on blue velvet and six linge silver lace. 

For Grand Officers, inclusive of Grand Chan- 
cellor, shield-shaped, embroidered escutcheon, 
on orange velvet and nine linge silver lace. 

For Past Grand Chancellors, oval-shaped, 
embroidered escutcheon, on red velvet and twelve 
linge gold lace. 

For Supreme and Past Supreme Chancellors, 
circular-shaped, embroidered escutcheon, with 
vine around and S. C. or P. S. C, on purple and 
fifteen linge gold lace. 

Baldric. 

375. To be worn by all members of less 
rank than Grand Chancellors, five inches wide, 
in the whole, of blue, bordered with yellow, one 



DIGEST. 



119 



UNIFORM. 
Baldric. 

inch on either side, a strip of army lace one- 
fourth of an inch wide at the inner edge of the 




yellow. On the front centre of the baldric, a 
metal triangle with raised, or stuck up, escut- 
cheon of the Order. On centre field of the tri- 
angle, and on each uncovered point thereof, one 



120 DIGEST. 

UNIFORM. 

Baldric, 
of the letters "F., C., B.," so that the whole 
three may appear. The baldric to be worn from 
the right shoulder to the left hip, with ends ex- 
tending six inches below the point of intersec- 
tion, under and at the lower edge of the sword t 
belt, and be fastened with shield-shaped white 
metal screw button, the top of which will over- 
lap the sword belt, and hold the baldric firmly 
in its place on the right shoulder. 

Belt. 

376. Red enamelled or patent leather two 
inches wide, fastened around the body with white 
metal clasp of emblematic design, two short, 
white metal chains suspended from red leather 
sliding straps on belt, and white metal slide, 
with hook, for fatigue cap. 

Sword. 

377. For all members and officers, (of less 
rank than Grand Chancellor,) thirty-four to forty 
inches long, white metal scabbard, cross handle, 
black hilt. Helmet head with appropriate de- 
vices, suspended by chains from two side rings. 

For all officers and past officers, from rank of 
Grand Chancellor up, same as above, except gilt 



DIGEST. 



121 



UNIFORM. 

Sword, 
in place of white metal, and white instead of 
black grip. 




Gauntlets. 
378. Black leather, military style, cuff to ex- 
tend four and one-half inches up from its inter- 
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122 DIGEST. 

UNIFORM. 

Gauntlets. 

section with the hand, and to have a shield- 
shaped metal escutcheon of the Order (two inches 
in length) on back of cuff, or black kid gloves 
with patent leather cuffs, (of proper length and 
color,) separate or together, as most convenient 
to wearer, (and in fatigue dress, white gloves 
without the cuffs.) Knights, Chancellors, and 
Grand Officers, (of less rank than Grand Chan- 
cellor,) silver-plated escutcheons. Grand, Past 
Grand Chancellors, and Supreme and Past Su- 
preme Chancellors, gold-plated escutcheons. 

Shoulder-straps. 
Supreme and Past Supreme Chancellors. 

379. Royal purple silk velvet, four inches 
long by two inches wide, outside measurement, 
bordered with three rows of corded embroidery 
in gold, each one-eighth of an inch wide, the 
escutcheon or crest of the Order at each end, 
and a globe or world in centre. The Past Su- 
preme Chancellors same as Supreme Chancellor, 
and to have in addition three small stars in sil- 
ver, one at the centre of top, and one each at 
the right and left corners at the foot of the strap. 

All the other Supreme Officers same size, 
color, and embroidery as Supreme Chancellor's, 



DIGEST. 



123 



UNIFORM. 

Shoulder-straps. 

Supreme and Pad Supreme Chancellors. 



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124 



DIGEST. 



UNIFORM. 

Shoulder-straps. 

Supreme and Past Supreme Chancellors. 
with the exception of the escutcheon or crest at 
the ends, in place of which the initials (in old 
English characters) of their office, as equally 
divided as possible, at each end of the strap, all 
in o-old. 



Past Grand Chancellors. 
380. Bright red silk velvet, four inches long 
by two inches wide, with two rows of corded 
embroidery each one-eighth of inch wide, and 





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escutcheon or crest of the Order embroidered in 
the middle in gold, and the letters " P. 0. C." 
(in old English characters) embroidered in silver 
on the lower end of the strap. 

Grand Chancellors. 
381. Bright orange silk velvet, same size 
and embroidery as Past Grand Chancellor's, ex- 



DIGEST. 



125 



UNIFORM. 

Shoulder-straps. 

Grand Chancellors. 
cept in centre is embroidered, in silver, a gaunt- 
let closed and grasping the truncheon of office, 




and at lower end of strap, in silver, (in old Eng- 
lish characters,) the letters " Gr. C." 

All other Grand Officers. 
382. Same size, design, color, shape, and 
embroidery as Grand Chancellor's, except in 
centre of strap a shield, (instead of gauntlet, 
&c.,) and at the lower end (in old English charac- 
ters) the initials of their office, but all in silver. 



Past Chancellor. 
383. Bright emerald green silk velvet, three 
and one-half inches long by one and one-half 
inches wide, bordered with one row of em- 



126 



DIGEST. 



UNIFORM. 

Shoulder-straps. 

Past Chancellor. 
broidery, one-quarter inch wide, crossed battle- 




axes in centre, and letters " P. C." (in old Eng- 
lish) at lower end, all in silver. 

Worthy Chancellor. 
384. Bright blue silk velvet, same size and 
design as Past Chancellor in other respects, ex- 
cept in centre is embroidered, in silver, crossed 
swords and a hand-lance in gold, running length- 




wise of the strap through the swords, head to- 
wards the foot, and the letters " W. C." (in old 
English characters) at the foot of the strap, in 
silver. 



DIGEST. 



127 



UNIFORM. 

Shoulder-straps. 
Vice Chancellor. 
385. The same as Worthy Chancellor, ex- 
cept, instead of crossed swords in centre, is 
simply a tilting lance, running lengthwise, head 




towards the foot of strap, and letters " W." and 
"T." in centre, on either side of lance, and " C." 
at foot of the same, covered by head of the 
lance, all in silver. 

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Other Subordinate Lodge Officers. 
388. Same as Worthy Chancellor and Vice 
Chancellor in color, and embroidery on edges ; 
no design, but with simply the letters (in old 
English) or initials indicative of the various 
officers in triangular arrangement in the centre. 



Arms. 
387. For Page, battle-axe and shield, of ap- 
propriate make and material. 



128 DIGEST. 

UNIFORM. 

Arms. 

For Esquires, lance and shield, of appropriate 
make and material. 

For Knights, sword and shield, as prescribed, 
and of appropriate make and material. 

For officers and past officers, swords, as here- 
tofore prescribed. 

Distinctions. 
388. Pages, Esquires, Knights, Chancellors, 
Past Chancellors, and Grand Officers (of less 
rank than Grand Chancellor) will wear white 
metal or silver wherever metal, embroidery, or 
lace appears, unless otherwise specifically stated. 
Grand and Past Grand Chancellors, Supreme 
and Past Supreme Officers, yellow metal or gold 
wherever metal, embroidery, or lace appears, 
unless otherwise specifically stated. 



VACANCIES. 

389. In case of vacancies in office, it is per- 
fectly legal for the Lodge to nominate, elect, 
and install into said office, on one and the same 
evening, a properly qualified member of the 
Lodge. 



DIGEST. 129 

VICE CHANCELLOR. 

390. The Vice Chancellor shall be elected 
semi-annually at the last stated meetings of the 
term. 

391. He shall assist the Worthy Chancellor 
in preserving order in the Lodge, and aid him in 
conducting the ceremonies. 

392. He shall appoint a minority of all Com- 
mittees, unless otherwise ordered by the Lodge. 

393. He shall have charge of the wicket. 

394. He shall preside in the absence of the 
Worthy Chancellor, and perform such other 
duties appertaining to his office as are enjoined 
by the laws, rules, and regulations. 

395. To qualify a member for the office of 
Vice Chancellor, he shall have been legally elected 
to and served in the office of Guide. 

VISITORS. 

396. A Past Chancellor who is present as a 
visitor in a Lodge has no privileges beyond those 
of any other visiting brother. He cannot claim 
the right, on account of his rank in the Order, to 
address the Lodge on any subject whatever. 
The Lodge may confer the privilege for the 
occasion, or may extend an invitation to any 



180 DIGEST. 

VXSXTOBS. 

member of the Order who has attained the 
Knight's degree to address the Lodge. 

VOTE. 

397. It is not legal for a Lodge to pass a 
law preventing a brother from speaking or voting 
on the night of his admission as a Knight. 

398. In voting upon any question before a 
Lodge, the Worthy Chancellor may require 
every member present to vote, unless excused by 
the Lodge ; but when such requirement is not 
made by the Worthy Chancellor or the Lodge, 
no notice can be taken of members not voting, 
(further than their tacit agreement with the 
majority voting,) and when there are no votes 
in opposition to a question, it is unanimously 
carried within the meaning of any law that 
would require a unanimous vote. 

399. The Worthy Chancellor is not entitled 
to vote except on the election of officers, or on 
any vote taken by ballot, or in cases where there 
are only seven members present, when he is re- 
quired to vote, or when the Lodge is equally 
divided on a question, when he shall have the 
casting vote. A vote by ballot resulting in a 
tie cannot be decided by the Worthy Chancellor, 
but must be renewed until a decision is obtained. 



DIGEST. 131 

VOTE. 

400. At an election for officers of a subor- 
dinate Lodge, no votes shall be counted, except 
for candidates legally nominated ; consequently 
a blank vote cannot be counted. 

401. When a division upon a vote is called, 
the Worthy Chancellor may require the brothers 
to rise on their feet, but each one voting must 
give the voting sign, in order to be counted by 
the Guide, and when the Guide has counted the 
affirmative and negative vote and reported to 
the Worthy Chancellor, it is too late for any 
brother to claim a right to vote. 

402. All members in good standing have a 
right to vote for Representative to the Grand 
Lodge. 

403. The vote is required to be taken with 
ball ballots in the following cases, viz. : 

1. Upon a report of a Committee on candidate 
for initiation. 

2. Upon a report of a Committee on application 
on card. 

3. Upon the report of a Committee on appli- 
cation to restore a member suspended for non- 
payment of dues. 

4. Upon the report of a Committee on charges, 
as to the guilt or innocence of the accused. 



132 DIGEST. 

VOTE. 

5. To determine the punishment to be inflicted 
upon a brother found guilty as charged. 

404. When there is but one nomination for 
an office, it is perfectly legal for the Lodge to 
direct the Worthy Chancellor to cast the vote of 
the Lodge for the nominee. 

405. At an election for Grand Lodge offi- 
cers upon the floor of the Grand Lodge, none 
but Representatives are entitled to vote. 

406. A decision of the Chair being appealed 
from, the question put, " Shall the decision of 
the Chair be sustained?" and the vote resulting 
in a tie, neither the Worthy Chancellor nor the 
Yice Chancellor (who put the question) having 
voted, it is the duty of the Vice Chancellor to 
announce that the decision of the Chair is not 
sustained. 

407. To draw an order for weekly benefits, 
a motion must be made in proper form, and a 
vote taken thereon. 

408. It requires two-thirds of all the valid 
votes cast to adopt or amend the By-Laws, to 
appropriate or expend money, remove an officer, 
reinstate, restore, fine, or suspend a member. 

409. A vote by Lodges shall be taken upon 



DIGEST. 133 

VOTE. 

any question before the Grand Lodge at the call 
of three Representatives. 

VOUCHING. 

410. Members of the Order desirous of vis- 
iting Lodges, and deficient in the work, cannot 
be vouched for by other members. 

WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND. 

411. A Lodge having a Widows' and Or- 
phans' Fund, also a by-law providing for a 
special board of trustees for said fund, cannot 
place any sum or sums of the above-named fund 
in the hands or at the disposal of the trustees 
for the general fund. 

WORK. 

412. A Lodge is not lawfully opened, or 
legally at work, unless the charter thereof is in 
the Lodge, or ante-room under the control of the 
Lodge ; nor unless there is a copy of the Holy 
Bible upon the altar of the Lodge, or at the 
position of the Venerable Patriarch. 

413. A subordinate Lodge cannot decide 
any question relating to the work of the Order. 
The work emanates from the Supreme Lodge, 
and is conveyed by the Grand Representatives 

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134 DIGEST. 

WORK. 

to the Grand Lodge, where it is imparted to 
the Representatives of the subordinate Lodges, 
the District Deputy Grand Chancellors, Grand 
Lodge officers, or the Committee of Superin- 
tendence, who . instruct the subordinates. In 
the absence of a District Deputy Grand Chan- 
cellor, a Grand Lodge officer, or the Committee 
of Superintendence, the instructions of the Rep- 
resentatives must be conformed to. 

414. Any subordinate Lodge which may 
cause to be printed, for their own or other use, 
any of the private work of the Order, upon sat- 
isfactory proof thereof, shall be suspended, and 
forfeit their charter. 

WORTHY CHANCELLOR. 

415. The Worthy Chancellor shall be elected 
semi-annually, at the last stated meetings of the 
term. 

416. It is his duty to preside at all meetings 
of the Lodge, and preserve decorum therein; 
enforce the laws, rules, and regulations of the 
Lodge, and those of the Grand Lodge. 

417. He shall decide all questions of order 
without debate, subject to an appeal to the 
Lodge by any member. 



DIGEST. 135 

WORTHY CHANCELLOR. 

418. He shall appoint the majority of all 
Committees, unless otherwise ordered by the 
Lodge. 

419. He shall sign all orders on the Banker 
for such monej' s as may be ordered by a vote of 
the Lodge to be paid. 

420. He shall receive the money drawn for 
benefits, and cause the same to be paid to the 
person for whom it was drawn within forty- 
eight hours thereafter. 

421. He shall decide who is entitled to the 
floor when two or more members rise to speak 
at the same time. 

422. He shall perform all such duties as are 
enjoined by the laws, rules, and regulations of 
the Order. 

423. To qualify a member for the office of 
Worthy Chancellor, he shall have been legally 
elected to and served in the office of Vice Chan- 
cellor. 

424. A Worthy Chancellor, against whom 
charges are pending at the end of his term of 
office, is not entitled to take his seat as Ven- 
erable Patriarch, nor does he become a Past 
Chancellor ; and the Lodge must withhold his 



136 DiaEST. 

WORTHY CHANCELLOR. 

Past Chancellor's certificate until the charges 
are disposed of. 

YEAS AND NAYS. 

425. On the call of five Representatives, the 
yeas and nays shall be taken on any question 
before the Grand Lodge, and entered on the 
Journal: 



SELECTIONS FROM CUSHING'S MANUAL 



RULES. 

When any of the rules, adopted by the as- 
sembly, or in force, relative to its manner of 
proceeding, is disregarded or infringed, every 
member has the right to take notice thereof, and 
to require that the presiding officer, or any other 
whose duty it is, shall carry such rule into exe- 
cution; and, in that case, the rule must be 
enforced at once, without debate or delay. It 
is then too late to alter, repeal, or suspend the 
rule ; so long as any one member insists upon 
its execution, it must be enforced. 

PRESIDING OFFICER. 

The presiding officer may read sitting ; but 
should rise to state a motion, or put a question 
to the assembly. 

DECORUM. 

The observance of decorum by the members 
of a deliberative assembty is not only due to them- 
selves and to one another, as gentlemen assembled 
together to deliberate on matters of common 

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138 DIGEST. 

DECORUM. 

importance and interest, but is also essential to 
the regular and satisfactory proceeding of such 
an assernbty. The rules on this subject, though 
generally laid down with reference to decorum 
in debate, are equally applicable whether the 
assembly be at the time engaged in debate or 
not ; and therefore it may be stated, generally, 
that no member is to disturb another, or the 
assembly itself, by hissing, coughing, or spitting ; 
by speaking or whispering to other members ; 
by standing up to the interruption of others ; by 
passing between the presiding officer and a mem- 
ber speaking ; going across the assembty room, 
or walking up and down in it ; taking books or 
papers from the table, or writing there. 

DIVISION OP A QUESTION. 

When a proposition or motion is complicated, 
that is, composed of two or more parts which 
are so far independent of each other as to be 
susceptible of division into several questions, and 
it is supposed that the assembly may approve 
of some but not of all these parts, it is a com- 
pendious mode of amendment to divide the mo- 
tion into separate questions, to be separately 
voted upon and decided by the assembly. 

When a motion for a division is made, the 



DIGEST. 139 

DIVISION OP A QUESTION. 

mover ought to specify in his motion the manner 
in which he proposes to make the division ; and 
this motion, like every other of the nature of an 
amendment, is itself susceptible of amendment. 

MODIFICATION OF A MOTION. 

The mover of a proposition is sometimes 
allowed to modify it, after it has been stated as 
a question by the presiding officer ; but, as this 
is equivalent to a withdrawal of the motion, in 
order to substitute another in its place, and since 
a motion regularly made, seconded, and proposed 
cannot be withdrawn without leave, it is clear 
that the practice alluded to rests only upon com- 
mon consent ; and that, if objected to, the mover 
of a proposition must obtain the permission of 
the assembly, by a motion and question for the 
purpose, in order to enable him to modify his 
proposition. 

QUESTION OF OKDER. 

It is the right of every member, taking notice 
of the breach of a rule, to insist upon the enforce- 
ment of it. 

When a question of order is raised, as it may 
be by any one member, it is not stated from the 
chair, and decided by the assembly, like other 



140 DIGEST. 

QUESTION OP ORDER. 

questions ; but is decided in the first instance 
by the presiding officer, without any previous 
debate or discussion by the assembly. If the 
decision of the presiding officer is not satisfac- 
tory, any one member may object to it, and have 
the question decided by the assembly. This is 
called i; appealing " from the decision of the 
Chair. On an appeal the presiding officer is 
allowed to take part in the debate, which, on 
ordinary occasions, he is prohibited from doing. 

LIE ON THE TABLE. 

A motion to lie on the table is usually resorted 
to, when the assembly has something else before 
it, which claims its present attention, and there- 
fore desires to lay aside a proposition for a short 
but indefinite time, reserving to itself the power 
to take it up when convenient. This motion 
takes precedence of and supersedes all the other 
subsidiary motions. 

" If decided in the affirmative, the principal 
motion, together with all the other motions, sub- 
sidiary and incidental, connected with it, is re- 
moved from before the assembly, until it is again 
taken up, which it may be, by motion and vote, 
at any time when the assembly pleases." 



DIGEST. 141 

SPEAKING. 

It is customary for the presiding officer, after 
a motion has been made, seconded, and proposed, 
to give the floor to the mover, in preference to 
others, if he rises to speak ; or, on resuming a 
debate after an adjournment, to give the floor, if 
he desires it, to the mover of the adjournment, in 
preference to other members ; or, where two or 
more members claim the floor, to prefer him who 
is opposed to the measure in question ; but, in 
all these cases, the determination of the presid- 
ing officer may be overruled by the assembly. 

It is sometimes supposed that, because a mem- 
ber has a right to explain himself, he therefore 
has a right to interrupt another member whilst 
speaking, in order to make the explanation: but 
this is a mistake ; he should wait until the mem- 
ber speaking has finished ; and if a member, on 
being requested, yields the floor for an explana- 
tion, he relinquishes it altogether. 

QUESTION. 

When any proposition is made to a deliber- 
ative assembly it is called a motion ; when it is 
stated or propounded to the assembly for their 
acceptance or rejection it is denominated a 
question; and when adopted it becomes the 
order, resolution, or vote of the assembly. 



142 DIGEST. 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 

When a subject has been ordered to be re- 
ferred to a Committee of the Whole, the form of 
going from the assembly into Committee is for 
the presiding officer, at the time appointed for 
the Committee to sit, on motion made and sec- 
onded for the purpose, to put the question that 
the assembly do now resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee of the Whole, to take under considera- 
tion such a matter, naming it. If this question 
is determined in the affirmative, the result is 
declared by the presiding officer, who, naming 
some member to act as Chairman of the Com- 
mittee, then leaves the chair, and takes a seat 
elsewhere, like any other member ; and the per- 
son appointed Chairman seats himself (not in 
the chair of the assembly but) at the clerk's 
table. 

The Chairman named by the presiding officer 
is generally acquiesced in by the Committee ; 
though, like all other Committees, a Committee 
of the Whole have a right to elect a Chairman 
for themselves, some member, by general con- 
sent, putting the question. 

The same number of members is necessary to 
constitute a quorum of a Committee of the 
Whole as of the assembly ; and if the members 
present fall below a quorum at any time in the 



DIGEST. 143 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 

course of the proceedings, the Chairman, on 
a motion and question, rises — the presiding 
officer thereupon resumes the chair — and the 
Chairman informs the assembly (he can make 
no other report) of the cause of the dissolution 
of the Committee. 

When the assembly is in Committee of the 
Whole, it is the duty of the presiding officer to 
remain in the assembly-room, in order to be at 
hand to resume the chair in case the Committee 
should be broken up by some disorder, or for 
want of a quorum, or should rise, either to 
report progress or to make their final report 
upon the matter committed to them. 

The clerk of the assembly does not act as 
clerk of the Committee, (this is the duty of the 
assistant clerk in legislative bodies,) or record 
in his journal any of the proceedings or votes of 
the Committee, but only their report as made to 
the assembly. 

The proceedings in a Committee of the 
Whole, though in general similar to those in 
the assembly itself and in other Committees, 
are yet different in some respects, the principal 
of which are the following : 

First. The previous question cannot be moved 
in a Committee of the Whole. The only means 



144 DIGEST. 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 

of avoiding an improper discussion is to move 
that the Committee rise ; and, if it is appre- 
hended that the same discussion will be at- 
tempted on returning again into Committee, the 
assembly can discharge the Committee, and 
proceed itself with the business, keeping down 
any improper discussion by means of the pre- 
vious question.* 

Second. A Committee of the Whole cannot 
adjourn, like other Committees, to some other 
time or place, for the purpose of going on with 
and completing the consideration of the subject 
referred to them ; but, if their business is unfin- 
ished at the usual time for the assembly to ad- 
journ, or for any other reason they wish to pro- 
ceed no further at a particular time, the form of 
proceeding is for some member to move that 
the Committee rise, report progress, and ask 
leave to sit again; and, if this motion prevails, 
the Chairman rises, the presiding officer re- 
sumes the chair of the assembly, and the Chair- 
man of the Committee informs him that the 
Committee of the Whole have, according to 

* If the object be to stop debate, that can only be 
effected in the same manner, unless there is a special 
rule as to the time of speaking, or to taking a subject out 
of Committee. 



DIGEST. 145 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 

order, had under their consideration such a 
matter, and have made some progress therein,* 
but not having had time to go through with the 
same, have directed him to ask leave for the 
Committee to sit again. The presiding officer 
thereupon puts a question on giving the Com- 
mittee leave to sit again, and also on the time 
when the assembly will again resolve itself into 
a Committee. If leave to sit again is not 
granted, the Committee is of course dissolved. 

Third. In a Committee of the Whole every 
member may speak as often as he pleases, pro- 
vided he can obtain the floor ; whereas, in the 
assembly itself, no member can speak more than 
once. 

Fourth. A Committee of the Whole cannot 
refer any matter to another Committee ; but 
other Committees may and do frequently exer- 
cise their functions, and expedite their business 
by means of sub-committees of their own mem- 
bers. 

Fifth. In a Committee of the Whole the pre- 
siding officer of the assembly has a right to 
take a part in the debate and proceedings, in 
the same manner as any other member. 

* If it is a second time, the expression is "some fur- 
ther progress," &c. 
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146 DIGEST. 

COMMITTEE OE THE WHOLE. 

Sixth. A Committee of the Whole, like a Se- 
lect Committee, has no authority to punish a 
breach of order, whether of a member or 
stranger; but can only rise and report the 
matter to the assembly, who may proceed to 
punish the offender. Disorderly words must be 
written down in Committee, in the same manner 
as in the assembly, and reported to the assembly 
for their animadversion. 

The foregoing are the principal points of dif- 
ference between proceedings in the assembly 
and in Committees of the Whole ; in most other 
respects the}' are precisely similar. 1 t is some- 
times said that in a Committee of the Whole it 
is not necessary that a motion should be sec- 
onded. There is no foundation, however, either 
in reason or parliamentary usage, for this 
opinion. 

When a Committee of the Whole have gone 
through with the matter referred to them, a 
member moves that the Committee rise, and 
that the Chairman (or some other member) 
report their proceedings to the assembly ; which 
being resolved, the Chairman rises and goes to 
his place, the presiding officer resumes the chair 
of the assembly, and the Chairman informs him 
that the Committee have gone through w T ith the 



DIGEST. 147 

COMMITTEE OP THE WHOLE. 

business referred to them, and that he is ready 
to make their report when the assembly shall 
think proper to receive it. The time for re- 
ceiving the report is then agreed upon ; and, at 
the time appointed, it is made and received in 
the same manner as that of any other Com- 
mittee. 

SUGGESTIONS TO PRESIDING OFFI- 
CERS. 

One of the most essential parts of the duty of 
a presiding officer is to give the closest atten- 
tion to the proceedings of the assembty, and 
especially to what is said by every member who 
speaks. Without the first, confusion will be 
almost certain to occur, wasting the time, per- 
haps disturbing the harmony of the assembly. 
The latter is not merely a decent manifestation 
of respect for those who have elevated him to 
an honorable station, but it tends greatly to en- 
courage timid or diffident members, and to 
secure them a patient and attentive hearing ; 
and it often enables the presiding officer, by a 
timely interference, to check offensive language 
in season to prevent scenes of tumult and dis- 
order, such as have sometimes disgraced our 
legislative halls. 

It should be constantly kept in mind by a 



148 DIGEST. 

SUGGESTIONS TO PRESIDING OFFI- 
CERS. 

presiding officer that in a deliberative assembly- 
there can regularly be but one thing done or 
doing at the same time. This caution he will 
find particularly useful to him whenever a quar- 
rel arises between two members, in consequence 
of words spoken in debate. In such a case, he 
will do well to require that the regular course of 
proceedings shall be strictly pursued, and will 
take care to restrain members from interfering 
in any other manner. In general, the solemnity 
and deliberation w T ith which this mode is at- 
tended will do much to allay heat and excite- 
ment, and to restore harmony and order to the 
assembly. 

A presiding officer will often find himself em- 
barrassed by the difficulty as well as the delicacy 
of deciding points of order, or giving directions 
as to the manner of proceeding. In such cases 
it will be useful for him to recollect that — 

The great purpose of all i^ules and forms is to 
subserve the will of the assembly rather than to 
restrain it ; to facilitate, and not to obstruct the 
expression of their deliberate sense. 

PETITIONS. 

When a petition has been received, the next 
step in the proceedings is the reading of it by 



DIGEST. 149 

PETITIONS. 

the clerk, for the information of the assembly ; 
which, though in the usual course of business, 
and not likely to be objected to after the peti- 
tion has been received, is nevertheless the sub- 
ject of a motion and question, to be regularly 
submitted to the assembly and voted upon ; and, 
until a petition has been read, no order can prop- 
erly be made respecting it — not even for its 
&ing on the table. 

INTERRUPTION OF A MEMBER SPEAK- 
ING. 

The rule stated that a member speaking can- 
not rightfully be interrupted in his speech but 
by a call to order, does not make it the duty of 
the presiding officer to refuse to hear a member 
who rises and addresses the Chair whilst another 
is speaking ; for if this were the case, the pre- 
siding officer could very rarely know whether 
there might not be occasion for the interrup- 
tion, and would thus be in danger of keeping 
the assembly in ignorance of matters which it 
might be of the highest concern for them to 
know. When, therefore, a member rises whilst 
another is speaking, and addresses the Chair, he 
should inform the presiding officer that he rises 
to a point of order, or to the orders of the 



150 DIGEST. 

INTERRUPTION OF A MEMBER SPEAK- 
ING. 

assembly, or to a matter of privilege. It will 
then be the duty of the presiding officer to direct 
the member speaking to suspend his remarks or 
to resume his seat, and the member rising to 
proceed with the statement of his point or other 
matter of order, or of privilege. If the latter 
on proceeding discloses matter which shows 
that the interruption was proper, the subject so 
introduced must first be disposed of, and then 
the member w T ho was interrupted is to be 
directed to proceed with his speech. If it ap- 
pears that there w r as no sufficient ground for the 
interruption, the member rising is to be directed 
to resume his seat, and the member interrupted 
to proceed with his speech. Every member, 
therefore, possessing the right to interrupt 
another in his speech on a proper occasion, any 
wanton abuse of this right, for the purpose of 
personal anno} T ance, is liable to censure and 
punishment ; it being itself a breach of order un- 
necessarily and w r antonly to call or interrupt 
another member to order. 

In reference to the occasions on which the in- 
terruption of a member speaking is allowed, it 
is to be observed that they are not restricted to 
breaches of order in debate on the part of the 



DIGEST. 151 

INTERRUPTION OP A MEMBER SPEAK- 
ING. 

member speaking. Any matter of privilege 
affecting the assembly itself or any of its mem- 
bers, of which the assembly ought to have in- 
stant information, furnishes such an occasion ; 
as, for example, where access to the place of 
sitting of the assembly is obstructed, or the 
person of a member is attacked ; or where some- 
thing connected with the proceeding of the 
assembl} r requires instant attention, as where it 
becomes necessary to have lights ; or where 
something occurs relative to the member him- 
self who is speaking, as where he is annoyed 
and disturbed by noise and disorder ; or where, 
in consequence of his strength failing him, it 
becomes necessary that he should finish his 
speech sitting. 

REPORT OP COMMITTEE. 

The report of a Committee being the conclu- 
sion which is agreed to by a majority of the 
members, the dissenting or not-agreeing mem- 
bers, according to strict parliamentary practice, 
would have no other mode of bringing their 
views before the assembly than as individual 
members. Inasmuch, however, as such mem- 
bers may be supposed to have given the subject 



152 DIGEST. 

BEPORT OP COMMITTEE. 

equal consideration with the other members of 
the Committee, and may, therefore, be in posses- 
sion of views and opinions equally worthy of 
the attention of the assembly, the practice has 
become general in the legislative assemblies of 
this country to allow members in the minority 
to present their views and conclusions in the 
parliamentary form of a report, which is accord- 
ingly known by the somewhat incongruous ap- 
pellation of a minority report. Any two or 
more of the members may unite in such a re- 
port, or each one of them may express his views 
in a separate document. 

A minority report is not recognized as a re- 
port of the Committee, or acted upon as such ; 
it is received by courtesy, and allowed to accom- 
pany the report as representing the opinions of 
the minority ; and, in order to its being adopted 
by the assembly, it must be moved as an amend- 
ment to the report, when that comes to be con- 
sidered. 



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ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



[The Figures refer to the Sections.] 

section. 

Absence of officers 1, 169 

On account of sickness 3 

Elect on installation night 2, 225 

A Lodge unable to meet for want 

of a quorum occasioned by. . 5 
Subordinate Lodges cannot grant 

leave of. 4 

Of a member, elected on card, from the 

place of meeting 79 

Accounts of Grand Scribe and Grand Banker to be 

audited Ill 

Must be settled and audited previous to 

installation of officers 222 

Adjourn, Worthy Chancellor cannot entertain a 

motion to 6 

Motion to 250, 278 

Administrators, Lodge cannot pass a law to pay 

funeral benefits to , 52 

Alien eligible to membership 241 

Amend, motion to 278 

Amendments 7, 8 

To be precluded 280 

To By-Laws require two-thirds vote. 408 

Appeals, when to be presented 9 

Credentials must be presented 13 

(161) 



162 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Appeals from decision of Worthy Chancellor, 10, 11, 12 

When taken to a higher authority 14 

Duties of Committee on 112 

Appellant must furnish copy of appeal 9 

Application for membership 237, 238 

Must be read to the 
Lodge by the Re- 
cording Scribe 170 

Fee for same must be 
paid to Financial 

Scribe 170 

Verbal, cannot be re- 
ceived 242 

Cannot be withdrawn.. 244 

On card 239, 246 

Arms 387 

Arrears, a member in 17-21 

Cannot become beneficial 16 

Member not entitled to benefits when three 

months in 18 

Paying portion of his indebtedness 

when three months in 19 

Paying up his 20 

May be suspended if to the amount 

of one year's dues in 22 

When not liable to suspension if 

twelve months in 23 

To the amount of three months 

dues in 24, 25 

In, receiving benefits, cannot be 
compelled to refund 294 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 163 

SECTION. 

Assessments, subordinate Lodge cannot enforce 

payment of. 26 

Assistants liable to be fined 177 

Auditing Committee, when and how appointed 27 

Duty of 27 

Baldric 375 

Ballot on the election or rejection of a candidate 

cannot be reconsidered 28 

May be declared void in case of fraud 29 

Of a member cannot be investigated 30 

Generally 31, 34, 35, 36 

Necessary, upon application for reinstate- 
ment 32 

Must be taken on report of Investigating 

Committee 33 

Presiding officer does not announce number 

of. 37 

Majority decides upon report of Committee 

on Charges 104 

Two-thirds vote required to prescribe pun- 
ishment 105, 179, 312 

Necessary to elect to membership 236 

When vote is required to be taken by ball . . 403 

Banker, when to be elected 38 

Duties of. 39, 40 

When entitled to honors of Past Chancellor, 262 

Eegalia of 298 

Not eligible to serve as Trustee 364 

Belt 376 

Benefits, member cannot become in arrears while 

sick and receiving 17 



164 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Benefits, member three months or more in arrears 

is not entitled to 18 

When entitled to, 20, 42, 48, 54, 

59, 60, 154 

Cannot claim 41 

Lodge may classify 43 

Fix time when to commence, 43, 60 
Be allowed dispensation to re- 
duce 43 

Absent members claiming, how to proceed, 46 
Not necessary for sick member to ask for, 47 
Member not entitled to, a Lodge cannot 
enact a by-law to make weekly do- 
nations 49 

Widow or competent relatives of a de- 
ceased member when not entitled to, 50, 51 
Member committing suicide, under what 

circumstances relatives are entitled to, 51 
Lodge cannot make it a condition for a re- 
instated member not to receive 55 

If drawn by a member through mistake, 

the Lodge may reimburse itself 57 

To draw an order for, vote must be taken, 407 
Bills against Grand Lodge to be approved by Com- 
mittee on Finance Ill 

Blanks, when to be filled 61 

For semi-annual reports to be furnished by 

Grand Scribe 313 

Books of a suspended or dissolved Lodge must be 

delivered to Grand Lodge , 355 

Business to be transacted in the Knight's degree . . 62 
By-Law, how to be made, altered, or amended. .63, 408 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 165 

SECTION. 

By-Law, when of no force 63, 65, 67, 110 

Five copies to be sent to Committee on 

Law for approval 64 

Approved copy to be sent to Grand Re- 

cording and Corresponding Scribe . . 64 
Compelling a member to sit up with a sick 

brother is legal 66 

A Lodge, by resolution, cannot set aside 

any part of 69 

Of Grand Lodge, how to alter or amend. 68 
Providing for the fining of members for 

non-attendance not legal 182 

Cannot be reconsidered by a majority vote 286 
Preventing a member from speaking or 

voting on the night of his admission 

as a Knight, not legal 397 

Candidate for office, member when entitled to be... 19 

Cap 373 

Cards, member square on the books may apply for. 70 

Applicant for, if refused, entitled to a trial.. 70 
Majority vote in favor of granting, severs 

the connection of applicant 71 

May be recalled or annulled 72 

Members of defunct Lodge, how to obtain, 

73, 239 

A duplicate may be granted 74 

Grand Recording and Corresponding Scribe 
is authorized to furnish to Representa- 
tives and Recording Scribes 75 

Subordinate Lodge cannot enact a by-law 

preventing a member from depositing. . 76 



166 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Cards, vote on question of granting 77 

Holder thereof entitled to S. A. P. W 78 

May present the same for ap- 
plication to membership 

after expiration 78 

Applicant for membership thereon, if elected, 
cannot be charged with dues until he 

signs the Constitution 79 

Must be procured from Grand Lodge 80 

Accompany application for charter. . . 106 
If granted, dues overpaid must be returned. 155 

Of application for membership on 239, 246 

Ceremonies, Lodge cannot deviate from instructions 81 
Of installation must be performed in 

Knight's degree 82 

Charge books 83 

Charges, member cannot claim benefits while pend- 
ing 41 

Against whom preferred, if taken 

sick, must report himself 86 

Against a District Deputy Grand Chancel- 
lor, in regard to his official acts, must 

be preferred in Grand Lodge 87 

Mode of procedure in preferring 84, 88, 95 

For Committee on, 85, 

102, 103 

A Lodge against whom preferred 89 

Lodge must entertain, if preferred by a 

member of a sister Lodge 90 

All members present must vote upon re- 
port of Committee on 91 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 167 

SECTION. 

Charges, a member acquitted cannot be tried again 

on same 92 

Member against whom preferred cannot 

be refused admittance in the Lodge. . 93 
Officer against whom preferred may con- 
tinue in office 93 

When preferred against an officer elect. . . 94 
When regularly made must be received. . 96 
And received can- 
not be withdrawn, 97 
Preferred against an absent sick member. 98 

How to fill vacancy in Committee 99 

When it is not the duty of an officer to 

prefer 100 

Officers preferring, not competent to offi- 
ciate when under consideration 101 

Member against whom preferred, pleading 

guilty, waives trial 103 

Ballot upon report of Committee 104 

On, to prescribe punishment for a 

member found guilty 105 

May be preferred against a suspended 

member 351 

During the trial of, testimony may be re- 
ceived from persons not members of 

the Order 360 

Charity 273 

Charter may be forfeited 107, 108, 218 

Application for 106 

Keeping open of books 109 

Price of 191 

Eegister of, to be kept by Grand Scribe. . . 200 



168 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Charter, if refused, petitioners entitled to readmis- 

sion 283 

Of suspended or dissolved Lodge must be 

returned to Grand Lodge 355 

Must be either in Lodge or ante-room 412 

When forfeited 414 

Charter member, rejected candidate cannot become 307 

Commit, motion to 278 

Committee on Charges, duties of 85, 102, 103 

How to be chosen 101 

Of ballot on report 104 

Lodge may accept resigna- 
tion of a member of.. . 323 

Chairman of 121 

Member may be excused from serving on 122 

Cannot be discharged 123 

Member cannot be appointed on, when 

absent 122 

Committees of Grand Lodge, how constituted.. 11 7, 118 

Duties of Chairman.. 118 

Powers of 119 

Reports of 120 

Committee on Law and Supervision, duties of 110 

Of Finance and Mileage, duties of.. Ill, 171 
On Appeals and Grievances, duties cf, 

112, 121 
On Returns and Credentials, duties of. . 113 

On Printing and Supplies, duties of 114 

Of Superintendence, duties of 115 

On State of the Order, duties of 116 

Constitution does not recognize assessments 26 

Of Grand Lodge, how to be altered. . . 125 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 169 

SECTION. 

Constitution of subordinate Lodge, how to be altered 124 
Contempt, Lodge under charges may be suspended 

or dissolved 89 

Member may be fined or suspended for, 

126, 240 

Contest in election of Eepresentative 319 

Counsellor in an appeal case 13 

Credentials, counsel or Committee in an appeal case 

must present 13 

Duties of Committee on 113 

Debate must cease on call of seven members 279 

To be precluded 280 

Debt, neglect or refusal to pay 127 

Neglect or inability to pay does 

not constitute fraud 186 

Decision of the Lodge stands as the judgment 14 

Decorum 128, 129, 130 

Degrees, of application for 131 

Cannot be conferred during recess 132 

Having been conferred, Lodge cannot re- 

scind its action 133 

Parts of, cannot be withheld 134 

Of balloting on application for 135 

Charge for 136 

Degree of Past Chancellor, when the Grand Lodge 

cannot, confer 137 

Dismissed, appeal may be 9 

Dispensation to initiate a cripple cannot be granted. . 140 
To keep charter books open, when 
Grand Chancellor cannot grant 

the same 141 

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170 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Dispensation, when fee must be returned 142 

Fees for 139 

For what purposes they may be 

granted 138 

Must be obtained to elect a member 

off the floor to office 161 

Distinctions 388 

District Deputy Grand Chancellor, charges against, 

must be brought in Grand Lodge , 87 

District Deputy Grand Chancellor, may grant dis- 
pensations 138 

District Deputy Grand Chancellor, duties of, 143, 146, 147 
District Deputy Grand Chancellor has not power to 

approve By-Laws 144 

District Deputy Grand Chancellor must be fur- 
nished with record book 145 

District Deputy Grand Chancellor, regalia of 303 

Divide, motion to 278 

Division, any member may call for 276 

Donations, Lodge cannot enact a by-law for weekly, 

to a non-beneficial member 49 

For dues may be made by the Lodge. . . 148 
Lodge cannot make, by crediting as dues 

part of fee paid for degrees 149 

Lodge is not bound to refund 230 

Dress, full gala and inspection 365 

Ordinary parade 366 

Fatigue 367 

Coat 368 

Pantaloons 369 

Cloak 370 

Dues, Lodge may classify 43 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 171 

SECTION. 

Dues owing to the Lodge must be deducted from 

funeral benefits 56 

Of a member, elected on card, if absent from 

place of meeting, when commencing 79 

Lodge may make donation of 148 

How to be calculated 150 

Funeral 151, 154 

Member neglecting to pay 152 

Every member must pay 153, 157 

Weekly, if paid promptly, entitles the mem- 
ber to receive benefits 154 

Overpaid, to be returned 155, 156 

Member suspended for a definite period must 

pay 351 

Duplicate, member having lost his card, may apply 
for 74 

Elections for officers in subordinate Lodges, 158, 

159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 400 

For Grand Officers 166 

Of officers, illegally held, makes installa- 
tion void 223 

Emblems not to be exposed 167 

Adoption of, belongs to Supreme Lodge. 168 
Of suspended or dissolved Lodge must be 

delivered to Grand Lodge 355 

Escutcheon 374 

Esquire, regalia for 298 

Evidence, Committee on Appeals cannot receive new 121 

Excuses of officers for absence 169 

Executors, Lodge cannot pass a law to pay funeral 
benefits to 52 



172 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Expenses of District Deputy Grand Chancellors to 

be paid by Grand Lodge 143 

Of Grand Officers to be paid by Grand 

Lodge 193 

Of Grand Officers at institution of new 

Lodge to be paid by applicants 227 

Expressage 270 

Expulsion 265 

Fees for charter must accompany application 106 

Degrees 136 

Dispensations 139 

Due the Lodge must be paid to the Financial 

Scribe 170 

Must accompany application for membership. 235 

For membership, when forfeited 238 

On card 239 

Finance, duties of Committee on Ill 

Financial Scribe, when to be elected 172 

Duties of 173, 174, 175, 176 

When entitled to honors of Past 

Chancellor 262 

Regalia of. 298 

Not entitled to serve as Trustee.. 364 
Fines, how to impose on absent officers, there being 

no quorum 5 

Must be deducted from funeral benefits. .56, 178 
Member refusing to sit up with the sick, the 

Lodge may impose 66 

Funeral 151 

For absence of an officer 169 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 173 

SECTION. 

Fines may be imposed for cause on Venerable Pa- 
triarch 177 

May be imposed for cause on assistants 177 

Member neglecting to pay 178 

When two-thirds vote is required to impose, 

179, 180, 181, 408 
Cannot be imposed on members on the floor 

for non-attendance 182 

Imposed upon Representatives 317 

Flag 183, 184, 185 

Fraud 127, 186 

Funds of the Lodge cannot be expended in pleasure 

excursions 187 

Suspended Lodge must be returned on re- 
instatement 327 

Suspended or dissolved Lodge must be 

delivered to Grand Lodge 355 

Expenditure of, requires two-thirds vote. . 408 
Funeral benefits, Lodge cannot enact a law to pay 

to legal representative 52 

Relief Committee must pay to 

nearest competent relative. . . 53 
Dues and fines must be deducted 

from 56 

Member entitled to his wife's. ... 58 

Funeral dues and fines 151 

Owing to the Lodge 154 

Gauntlets 378 

Good standing, what constitutes a member in 188 

Grand Banker cannot pay bills without approval of 

Finance Committee 171 



174 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Grand Banker, duties of. 210 

Must give security 210 

Grand Chancellor may grant dispensations for cer- 
tain purposes 138 

Duties of. 192, 193 

Cannot revoke business of a sub- 
ordinate Lodge between its 

sessions 334 

Grand Guide, duties of 211 

Grand Lodge, composition of 190 

Powers of 191, 189 

Legislation of, cannot be set aside 

during recess 229 

Grand Inner Steward, duties of . . 212 

Grand Outer Steward, duties of 213 

Salary of 213 

Gr. Rec. and Cor. Scribe, duties of, 145, 195, 196, 197, 
198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 

204, 205, 208 
Has power to providehim- 

self with stationery 203 

Must give security 206 

Salary of 206 

Must have regular office 

hours 207 

Blanks to be furnished by 

209, 313 
Must notify nominees for 

office 256 

Must notify Lodges that 

fail to send returns 332 

Grand Representatives, duties of 214 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 175 

SECTION. 

Grand Representatives, regalia of 301 

Grand Venerable Patriarch, regalia of 300 

Grand Vice Chancellor, duties of 194 

Grievances, duties of Committee on 112 

Guide cannot be appointed to fill Vice Chancellor's 

chair 15 

When to be elected 215 

Duties of 216, 217 

Regalia of 298 

Helmet 371 

Incorporation, a subordinate Lodge has not the right 

to procure an act of 218 

Initiation cannot be prevented 219 

Inner Steward, when to be elected 220 

Duties of 221 

Regalia of 298 

Installation 222, 225 

When void 223 

Expenses incurred by installing officers 

paid by Grand Lodge 224 

When to take place 225 

Institution of new Lodge cannot take place unless 

applicants have the 

work 226 

Applicants must pay trav- 
elling expenses of 

officers 227 

Installing officers cannot 
initiate strangers pre- 
vious to 228 



176 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



Investigating Committee, ballot must be taken upon 
the report of 33 

Knight, regalia for 298 

Law, duties of Committee on 110 

Legal representative, Lodge cannot pass a law to 
pay funeral benefits to 52 

Legislation of the Grand Lodge cannot be set aside 

during the recess by a Grand Officer 229 

Lie on the table, motion to 251 

Loans, Lodge is not bound to refund 230 

Maimed persons not eligible to membership 231 

Meeting, stated, must be held weekly 232 

Place of, cannot be changed without con- 
sent of Grand Lodge 232 

When closed, not be reopened 233 

Member must attend when summoned 126, 240 

Shall be excluded from the room 129 

Of defunct Lodge may be admitted in an- 
other Lodge 239 

Membership, application for, must be read to the 

Lodge by the Recording Scribe.. 170 
Fee must be paid to Financial Scribe, 170 

Eligibility to 234, 241, 245 

Of applications for 235, 236, 237, 243 

Application fee for, when forfeited . . 238 

For, on card 239, 246 

Verbal application for, not legal 242 

Application for, cannot be withdrawn 244 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 177 

SECTION. 

Membership, officers or members refusing to de- 
liver up property of dissolved or 
suspended Lodge may be forever 

excluded from 355 

Mileage to be computed by Committee on that sub- 
ject Ill 

Duties of Committee on Ill 

Representatives, when entitled to 247 

Minutes of Lodge 248, 249 

Motion 250, 251, 252, 278 

To strike out and insert indivisible 276 

To reconsider 285 

Name of the Order not to be used 253 

Lodge cannot use, of a person living 254 

Nomination, no election without. 158 

Of officers illegally made makes in- 
stallation void 223 

When to be made 255 

Nominees, Grand Scribe must notify 256 

Office, member when entitled to hold 19 

Three months in arrears is not en- 
titled to hold 24 

Three months in arrears is ineligi- 
ble to nomination for 25 

Officers absent on installation night 2 

Account of sickness 3, 4 

A majority of nights of term 4 

If granted leave of absence 4 

If absent, must be notified before seat can 

be vacated 1 



178 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Officers under charges may continue to perform 

their functions 93, 311 

Elect under charges cannot be installed.. . . 94 
When not qualified to fill a higher office . . 257 
To be advanced, must serve majority of 

nights 258 

Removal of. 259, 311, 312 

Must be clothed in regalia 296 

Not to be recognized unless at their station 296 

Have the right to resign 322 

Outer Steward, when elected 260 

Duties of 261 

When entitled to honors of Past 

Chancellor 262 

Regalia of 298 

Page, regalia for 298 

Past Chancellor, when the degree of, cannot be 

conferred 137 

Cannot vote or speak in Grand 
Lodge unless he is a Repre- 
sentative 190 

Register of, to be kept by Grand 

Scribe 200 

Officers entitled to the honors of, 262 

May be elected to the office of 
Worthy Chancellor 263 

Previous to admission in Grand 
Lodge must present certifi- 
cate 264 

Occupying a position must wear 
regalia of said office 297 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 179 

SECTION.. 

Past Chancellor, regalia of. 29$ 

Past Grand Chancellor, regalia of 802 

Penalties 265, 266 

Cannot be inflicted by resolution 267 

Petitions 268* 269 

Plume 372 

Postage ..... 270 

Postpone, motion to 278 

Presiding officer 271, 272 

During the pending of an appeal 

Vice Chancellor is 10 

To act as judge of election 159 

Printing, duties of Committee on 114 

Probation . 273 

Processions 274 

Proceedings of Grand Lodge, each Lodge to be 

furnished with two copies semi-annually 195 

Property of dissolved or suspended Lodge must be 

delivered to Grand Lodge 355 

Pythian Period 275 

Question of order, any member may appeal 12 

Any member may call for division of 276 

Not subject to debate 277 

To be reduced to writing 277 

When before the Lodge 278- 

Of the previous 280 

When indefinitely postponed 278 

Main 280 

Quorum 282 

Not being present, occasioned by absence 
of officers 5 



180 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

.Readmission 283 

jReballot cannot be had without consent of Grand 

Lodge 28 

jRecess, degrees cannot be conferred during 132 

"When not to be declared 284 

[Reconsider, of motion to 285 

A by-law requires two-thirds vote 286 

Recording Scribe must furnish accused with copy 

of charges 96 

When entitled to honors of Past 

Chancellor 262 

When to be elected 287 

Duties of. 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293 

Regalia of 298 

Not eligible to serve as Trustee . . 364 
"Refund, -member having received benefits cannot be 

•compelled to 294 

Dues paid in advance by a member with- 
drawing, or by a deceased member, 

Lodge must 295 

Application fee of a rejected candidate, the 

Lodge must 308 

Regalia 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303 

Adoption of, belongs to Supreme Lodge 168 

Officers must be clothed in 296 

A Past Chancellor occupying a position tem- 
porarily must wear 297 

Of a suspended or dissolved Lodge must be 

delivered to Grand Lodge 355 

Reinstatement 304, 306 

Suspended member, when entitled to. 22 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 181 

SECTION. 

Reinstatement, when a two-thirds ballot is required 

for 305, 408 

Permission of Grand Lodge required 

for 305, 326 

Of a suspended Lodge by the Grand 

Lodge 327 

Rejections 307 

Register of, to be kept by Grand Scribe 200 
Recording Scribe must notify Grand 

Scribe 308 

Relative, term defined 309 

Relief Committee, duties of 47, 310 

Must visit sick member under 

charges 86 

Removal of officers 311, 312, 408 

Representatives, register of, to be kept by the Grand 

Scribe 200 

When entitled to mileage 247 

When Worthy Chancellor is enti- 
tled to the office of 263, 315 

Regalia of 299 

Must be Past Chancellors 314 

Must be elected annually 314 

Cannot wear their badge of office in 

subordinate Lodge 316 

Fines, if imposed upon, to be de- 
ducted from mileage 317 

Must file Past Chancellor's certifi- 
cate 318 

Legality of election of 319 

Shall receive instructions 320 

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182 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Representatives, every member in good standing 

entitled to vote for 402 

Instructions of, when to be con- 
formed to 413 

Rescind, two-thirds vote required to 321 

Resignation of officers 322 

Of member of Committee on Charges.. 323 

From the Order cannot be received 324 

Resolution, mover of, has no right to construe 325 

Restoration of a suspended member requires per- 
mission from Grand Lodge. . 326 
Suspended Lodge requires a ma- 
jority vote of the Grand Lodge 327 
Suspended member by mandate of 

Grand Lodge 349 

Suspended member requires two- 
thirds vote 408 

Retire, member cannot, during the reading of a 

document, or pending a question 328 

Member may retire to ante-room without 

addressing the chair 329 

Returns, duties of Committee on 113 

Lodge must make, at the end of every 

term 330, 333 

Must be delivered to installing officer pre- 
vious to installation 330 

By whom to be signed 331 

Lodges failing to send, must be notified by 

Grand Scribe 332 

Revoke, Grand Chancellor cannot revoke business 
of a subordinate Lodge between its ses- 
sions 334 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 183 

SECTION. 

Salary, Lodge cannot raise or lower, pending the 

term 335 

Shoulder straps 379-386 

For Supreme and Past Supreme 

Chancellor 379 

Past Grand Chancellors 380 

Grand Chancellor 381 

Other Grand Officers 382 

Past Chancellors 383 

Worthy Chancellor 384 

Vice Chancellor 385 

Other subordinate officers 386 

Seal, copies to be kept in Grand Scribe's office 204 

Each Lodge must have 336 

Device of 337 

Improper use of 338 

S. A. P. W. , a member when entitled to receive it, 19, 339 
Eesiding at a distance from 
his Lodge, how to re- 
ceive 339 

Who is empowered to communicate it. 339 

Sickness, absence of officers on account of 3, 4 

Lodge must keep member in good stand- 
ing during 17 

What the term implies 20 

Sick member, going away on a visit, is 

not required to notify the Lodge 44 

Lodge doubting an absent member's 45 

Speak, member when entitled to 19, 340, 397 

Not entitled to 341 

Speaking, member, how to conduct himself when, 

342, 345 



184 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Speaking, member when, cannot be interrupted 343 

If called to order, must 

take his seat 344 

State of the Order, duties of Committee on 116 

State lines must be respected 346, 347 

Subordinate Lodge must send appeal to Grand 

Chancellor 9 

May be suspended or dissolved, 

107, 414 

Forfeiture of charter of, 414 

Suicide, member committing, when deranged, rela- 
tives entitled to funeral bene- 
fits 51 

Attempting to commit, while tem- 
porarily insane, entitled to 

weekly benefits 59 

Summons, members must obey - 126 

Refusing to obey, may be fined 

or suspended 348 

Superintendence, duties of Committee on 115 

Supervision, duties of Committee on 110 

Supplies, duties of Committee on 114 

Suspension, when a member is liable to 22, 24, 350 

Not liable to 23 

Of a Lodge 107, 355 

Register of, to be kept by Grand 

Scribe 200 

Member is entitled to all rights and priv- 
ileges at expiration of term of. 351 

For an indefinite period prohibited 352 

Of an officer by the Worthy Chancellor 
is illegal , 353 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 185 

SECTION. 

Suspension of a member requires two-thirds of 

ballots cast 354, 408 

Status of a suspended member 356 

Sword 377 

Tax, order for, must be drawn previous to installa- 
tion of officers 330 

Must be paid on all members not suspended . . 357 
Must be paid semi-annually to the Grand 
Lodge at the rate of ten cents for every 

member on the roll 358 

Term 359 

Testimony from persons not members of the Order 

may be received 360 

Trustees of Grand Lodge 361 

Trustees of subordinate Lodge, how to be elected.. 362 

Duties of. 363 

Which of the offi- 
cers are not en- 
titled to serve 
as 364 

Uniform 365-388 

Vacancies in office 1, 389 

Committee on Charges, how to be 

filled 99 

Venerable Patriarch liable to be fined 177 

Regalia for 298 

Vice Chancellor is presiding officer during the pend- 
ing of an appeal 10 

Shall appoint minority of Auditing 
Committee 27 



186 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Vice Chancellor preferring a charge cannot act when 

under consideration 101 

Preferring a charge cannot appoint 

Committee 101 

Regalia for 298 

Not eligible to serve as Trustee 364 

When to be elected 390 

Duties of. 391, 392, 393, 394 

Qualification of a member entitled 

to fill the office of 395 

Visitors 396 

Vote, member when entitled to 19, 340, 397 

In arrears to the amount of 
three months dues not en- 
titled to 24 

Of a member cannot be investigated 30 

Of majority in favor of granting card severs 

connection 71 

Upon report of Committee on Charges all 

members present must 91 

Majority required to elect a candidate for 

office 158 

Polled for candidates not legally nominated 

not to be counted 158 

Proxy, not legal 162, 166 

Register of, must be kept 163 

When two-thirds is required to impose fine, 

180, 181 

Member when not entitled to 341 

Worthy Chancellor may require every mem- 
ber to 398, 401 

Worthy Chancellor when entitled to 399 



ANALYTICAL INDEX. 187 

SECTION. 

Vote by ballot, resulting in a tie, cannot be decided 

by the Worthy Chancellor 399 

Blank, cannot be counted at an election for 

officers 400 

For Representatives, all members in good 

standing have a right to 402 

When required to be taken by ball ballots. . . 403 
Worthy Chancellor may be directed to cast 

vote of Lodge 404 

For Grand Officers on the floor of Grand 

Lodge 405 

Tie, on an appeal from decision of Worthy 

Chancellor 406 

Must be taken to draw an order for benefits.. 407 

When two-thirds are required 408 

By Lodges 409 

Vouching 410 

Widows' and Orphans' Fund 411 

Work 412, 414 

Subordinate Lodge cannot decide questions 

relating to 413 

Worthy Chancellor when to entertain a motion to 

adjourn 6 

Shall appoint majority of Audit- 
ing Committee 27 

Cannot treat a ballot " properly 

taken" as if "not taken," 28 
Does not announce the number 

of ballots cast 37 

When to take charge of funeral, 53 
Must receive charges when 
properly preferred 96 



188 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Worthy Chancellor preferring charges cannot offi- 
ciate when they are under 

consideration 101 

Preferring charge cannot ap- 
point Committee 101 

May silently second amotion.. 252 
Past Chancellor is entitled to 

the office of 263 

Regalia for 398 

When entitled to be elected 

Representative 315 

Is authorized to cause the S. A. 

P. W. to be communicated, 339 
Of a suspended or dissolved 
Lodge must deliver up all 

property 355 

Is not eligible to serve as Trus- 
tee 364 

May require every member 

present to vote 398, 401 

When entitled to vote 399 

When required to vote 399 

Cannot decide a vote by ballot 

resulting in a tie 399 

May cast the vote of the Lodge, 404 

When to be elected 415 

Duties of. 416-422 

Eligibility to the office of. 423 

Against whom charges are 
pending 424 

Yeas and nays 425 



INDEX 

TO 

SELECTIONS FROM CUSHING'S MANUAL, 
FORMS, &c. 

PAGE. 

Application for charter, form of 157 

Membership, form of 158 

On card, form of. ... . 159 

Committee, report of 151, 152 

Committee of the Whole 142-147 

Clerk of 143 

Cannot adjourn to some 

other time or place . . 144 
Cannot refer any matter to 

another Committee. . 145 
Has no right to punish a 
breach of order 146 

Decorum 137, 138 

Division of a question 138, 139 

Form for Past Chancellor's certificate 153 

By dispensa- 
tion 156 

Representative's certificate 154 

Transfer certificate 155 

Application for Charter 157 

Membership 158 

(189) 



190 ANALYTICAL INDEX. 

PAGE. 

Form for application for membership on card 159 

Interruption of a member speaking 149, 150, 151 

Lie on the table, motion to 140 

Member, rights of, (See Rules) 137 

(See Question of Order) 139 

May speak as often as he pleases in Com- 
mittee of the Whole 145 

Motion, (See Question) 141 

Modification of 139 

Petitions cannot be acted upon until read 148, 149 

Presiding officer 137 

Must remain in the room while the 
assembly is in Committee of 

the Whole 143 

Can take part in debate in Com- 
mittee of the Whole 145 

Suggestions to 147, 148 

Question » 141 

Division of 138, 139 

Of order '.. . 139, 140 

Previous, cannot be moved in Committee of 
the Whole 143 

Quorum in Committee of the Whole 142 

Rules 137 

Speaking 141 

in Committee of the Whole 145 



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